More than 3,000 cited for DWI during Labor Day campaign

RALEIGH, NC (NEWS RELEASE) — The Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced today that state and local law enforcement officers cited 3,297 motorists for driving while impaired during the Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which ran Aug. 20-Sept 6. A total of 111,668 traffic and criminal citations were issued statewide.

“We are pleased that so many law enforcement agencies participated in this statewide effort,” said David Weinstein, director of the GHSP. “Their support and dedication is the main reason this initiative is such a success.”

Officers statewide conducted more than 11,180 sobriety checkpoints and dedicated patrols. Counties with the highest number of DWI citations include: Mecklenburg (286), Wake (215) and Robeson (177).

Officers also issued 8,698 seat belt and 1,413 child passenger safety violations, 32,635 speeding violations and 2,163 drug charges. In addition, they apprehended 1,100 fugitives from justice and recovered 113 stolen vehicles.