August/Labor Day Crackdown 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' Enforcement Campaign a Success

Dexter, Missouri - Declaring Dexter Police Department's participation in the national August/Labor Day Crackdown “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” substance–impaired driving crackdown a major success, Lieutenant Joshua Benton reported that 1 substance-impaired driving arrest  and 104 citations were made during the enforcement period, which ran from August 21-September 7, 2015.

“I am proud of our Officers for their hard work and dedication to making our region’s roadways safer,” said Lieutenant Benton.  “Substance-impaired driving is more than a reckless choice by a few individuals,” Lieutenant Benton said. “Each year, substance-impaired driving costs the lives of thousands on America’s highways.

Last year there were 197 fatal and 659 serious injury crashes in 2014 that involved at least one substance-impaired driver. That equates to one substance-impaired driving fatality every 1 ¾ days and one substance-impaired driving serious injury ½ day. There were 11 people killed and 42 seriously injured in Missouri traffic crashes involving a substance-impaired driver from August 15, 2014 through September 1, 2014.

Dexter Police Department joined forces with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies across the country in this year’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

For more information, visit the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Campaign headquarters at www.TrafficSafetyMarketing.gov,