Troopers continue to patrol the highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2016 Labor Day weekend.

During this enforcement operation troopers are utilizing both traditional and non-traditional state police vehicles. The enforcement project started at 12:01 a.m. on 9/2/16 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on 9/5/16.   Troopers are focusing on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were in place over the entire weekend.

These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 9/2/16 to 5:00 p.m. on 9/4/16.

Speeding 886     Seatbelt 89     Other hazardous moving violations 1952  (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone, Texting, etc.)

DUI arrests 31      Accidents  investigated 214   with injury 36  fatal 0

(State Police Press Release)

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