In March of 2017, the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day had the highest number of crashes involving impaired drivers. This year, federal traffic safety funds administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute supported saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints for more than 230 law-enforcement agencies across the state.
The Plymouth and Culver Police Departments were involved in the increased patrols and check-points that ran during St. Patrick’s Day, the first rounds of the NCAA Tournament and the days that many schools were recognizing spring break.During that time the Culver Police Department issued 63 warning and citations and made one arrest. While participating in Operation Pullover, three Plymouth Police officers worked an additional 23 hours to specifically focus their efforts on traffic enforcement.
Between the three of them, the Plymouth officers issued 14 traffic citations and another 59 warnings for a total of 73 traffic violations including driving while suspended, speeding and seatbelt, child restraint and other various traffic offenses.
Last year, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration purchased more than 1,755 portable breath tests for Indiana law-enforcement agencies and an additional 836 devices are being purchased this year.
