Increased sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and traffic safety patrols are planned during the holidays in these N.J. towns.
Law enforcement across New Jersey say they’ll be increasing DWI enforcement through New Year’s Day as part of a statewide campaign.
Through Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for drivers who may be driving while intoxicated.
The national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” effort aims to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving through high-visibility enforcement and public education, according to state officials.
“This is a critical law enforcement program that can save lives during a time of the year when impaired driving traditionally increases by nearly 10 percent,” said Galloway Lt. Rich Barber. “People that choose to get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol or using drugs pose a grave danger to all roadway users and this initiative is designed to bring attention to this important issue.”
Last year, 27 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related, police said. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $37 billion annually.
Here is the list of towns with their counties and their project money:
- Atlantic Absecon PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Atlantic City PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Egg Harbor Twp PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Galloway PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Hamilton PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Hammonton PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Mullica PD $5,000.00
- Atlantic Somers Point PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Cliffside Park PD $5,000.00
- Bergen East Rutherford PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Elmwood Park PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Fort Lee PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Franklin Lakes PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Garfield PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Hillsdale PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Ho-Ho-Kus PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Lodi PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Lyndhurst PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Mahwah PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Montvale PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Paramus PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Ramsey PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Ridgefield Park PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Ridgewood PD $5,000.00
- Bergen River Vale PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Teaneck PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Wallington PD $5,000.00
- Bergen Woodcliff Lake PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Burlington PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Cinnaminson PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Delran PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Evesham PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Florence PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Lumberton PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Medford Lakes PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Medford PD $5,000.00
- Burlington New Hanover PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Palmyra PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Pemberton PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Riverside PD $5,000.00
- Burlington Westampton PD $5,000.00
- Camden Barrington PD $5,000.00
- Camden Berlin PD $5,000.00
- Camden Berlin Twp PD $5,000.00
- Camden Cherry Hill PD $5,000.00
- Camden Collingswood PD $5,000.00
- Camden Delaware River and Port Authority $5,000.00
- Camden Gloucester PD $5,000.00
- Camden Gloucester Twp PD $5,000.00
- Camden Haddon Heights PD $5,000.00
- Camden Haddonfield PD $5,000.00
- Camden Lawnside PD $5,000.00
- Camden Pennsauken PD $5,000.00
- Camden Stratford PD $5,000.00
- Camden Voorhees PD $5,000.00
- Cape May Lower PD $5,000.00
- Cape May Middle PD $5,000.00
- Cape May Ocean City PD $5,000.00
- Cumberland Bridgeton PD $5,000.00
- Cumberland Vineland PD $5,000.00
- Essex Bloomfield PD $5,000.00
- Essex Caldwell PD $5,000.00
- Essex Fairfield PD $5,000.00
- Essex Millburn PD $5,000.00
- Essex Montclair PD $5,000.00
- Essex Orange PD $5,000.00
- Hudson Guttenberg PD $5,000.00
- Hudson Hoboken PD $5,000.00
- Hudson Hudson County Sheriff $5,000.00
- Hudson Kearny PD $5,000.00
- Hudson North Bergen Twp PD $5,000.00
- Hudson West New York PD $5,000.00
- Hunterdon Clinton Twp PD $5,000.00
- Hunterdon Lambertville PD $5,000.00
- Hunterdon Readington PD $5,000.00
- Mercer East Windsor PD
- Mercer Ewing PD $5,000.00
- Mercer Hamilton PD $5,000.00
- Mercer Hightstown PD $5,000.00
- Mercer Robbinsville PD $5,000.00
- Mercer West Windsor PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Carteret PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Dunellen PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex East Brunswick PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Edison PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Highland Park PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Metuchen PD $5,000.00
- MIddlesex Monroe PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Plainsboro PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex South Brunswick PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex South Plainfield PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex South River PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Spotswood PD $5,000.00
- Middlesex Woodbridge PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Allentown PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Asbury Park PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Eatontown PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Englishtown PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Freehold PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Marlboro PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Middletown PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Neptune City PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Neptune Twp PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Ocean PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth Wall PD $5,000.00
- Monmouth West Long Branch PD $5,000.00
- Morris Boonton PD $5,000.00
- Morris Chester Twp PD $5,000.00
- Morris Denville PD $5,000.00
- Morris Jefferson PD $5,000.00
- Morris Morris Twp PD $5,000.00
- Morris Mount Olive PD $5,000.00
- Morris Parsippany-Troy Hills PD $5,000.00
- Morris Randolph PD $5,000.00
- Morris Riverdale PD $5,000.00
- Morris Rockaway PD $5,000.00
- Morris Roxbury PD $5,000.00
- Morris Wharton PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Bay Head PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Berkeley PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Jackson PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Lakehurst PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Lakewood PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Long Beach PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Manchester PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Mantoloking PD $5,000.00
- Ocean Point Pleasant PD $5,000.00
- Passaic Haledon PD $5,000.00
- Passaic Hawthorne PD $5,000.00
- Passaic Little Falls PD $5,000.00
- Passaic Passaic PD $5,000.00
- Passaic West Milford PD $5,000.00
- Passaic Woodland Park PD $5,000.00
- Salem Penns Grove PD $5,000.00
- Somerset Franklin PD $5,000.00
- Sussex Andover PD $5,000.00
- Sussex Franklin PD $5,000.00
- Sussex Hardyston PD $5,000.00
- Sussex Sparta PD $5,000.00
- Union Berkeley Heights PD $5,000.00
- Union Cranford PD $5,000.00
- Union Fanwood PD $5,000.00
- Union Linden PD $5,000.00
- Union Mountainside PD $5,000.00
- Union Rahway PD $5,000.00
- Union Roselle Park PD $5,000.00
- Union Roselle PD $5,000.00
- Union Union PD $5,000.00
Police in Monmouth County are cracking down on driving while intoxicated over the holidays, according to a release from Aberdeen police. A task force comprised of police departments in Aberdeen, Atlantic Highlands, Hazlet, Holmdel, Highlands, Keyport, Keansburg, Matawan, Middletown and Union Beach will step up patrols.
The Lakehurst Police Department has also participated in the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety’s annual sobriety traffic check campaign, according to Macromedia Publications.
“If people are going to drink, call for a ride, call for a taxi, or have a designated driver. Most of all, be responsible,” Lakehurst Police Chief Eric Higgins told the publication. “We have zero tolerance in Lakehurst for drunk driving. If we stop a drunk driver they will be arrested and prosecuted.”
Police offered the following advice for holiday season:
- Take mass transit, a taxicab, or ask a sober friend to drive you home.
- Spend the night where the activity or party is held.
- If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone’s life, and inaction could cost a life.
- Always buckle-up, every ride. It’s your best defense against an impaired driver.
- If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or have a sober friend or family member drive or escort you to your doorstep.
- Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.
