Connecticut State Police Thanksgiving Holiday Enforcement
The Connecticut State Police are supplementing the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers throughout this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/22/2017, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday 11/26/2017.
Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers.
These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/22/17 to 11:59 p.m. on 11/26/17.
- SPEEDING violations: 1010
- SEATBELT violations: 363
- OTHER HAZARDOUS violations: 2599
- (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.)
- DUI arrests: 51
- ACCIDENTS investigated: 524
- w/injury: 70
- fatality: 2 (11/22 Killingly & 11/25 Cromwell)
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