Uniontown, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Pennsylvania DUI Association, and law enforcement agencies across the state will team up this week to kick off the St. Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Enforcement efforts with a special campaign, named “Operation Sober Shamrock,” running from March 5 to March 7.
The coordinated enforcement activities will include roving DUI patrols. Local and state law enforcement agencies will also conduct sustained enforcement activities across Pennsylvania throughout the entire St. Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Enforcement period (March 7-17) to deter drivers from getting behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
More than a dozen police departments will participate in “Operation Sober Shamrock” in the southwest region as grantees of PennDOT’s Municipal Police Traffic Services Enforcement Program.
The enforcement is part of PennDOT and its safety partners’ continued efforts to reduce the number of impaired driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities statewide.
The operation is funded in part by PennDOT’s statewide distribution of federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
For more information on impaired driving, visit www.pa.gov/DOTSafety.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Stambaugh, emstambaug@pa.gov or 724-425-3018
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