Connecticut State Troopers are patrolling highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2018 Memorial Day weekend.
During this enforcement period troopers utilized both traditional and non-traditional patrol cars while conducting roving DUI and enforcement patrols. The increased enforcement period ran from 12:01 a.m. May 25, 2018 through 11:59 p.m. on May 29, 2018.
Troopers focused on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols were also in place over the entire weekend.

These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on May 25, 2018 to May 28, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

SPEEDING 909
SEATBELT 396
OTHER MOVING VIOLATIONS 2708
(to include Unsafe Lane Change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting, etc.)
DUI ARRESTS 38
ACCIDENTS
Investigated 313
With injury 62
Fatal 1 (Rte. 15 exit 67 Meriden)
Between midnight on Tuesday into Wednesday (November 22) and 8:00 AM this morning (November 24), Connecticut State Troopers have issued 311 speeding violations, five seat belt violations, 22 DUI arrests, 696 violations that are considered to be hazardous, such as cell phone use while driving, unsafe lane changes, tailgating, and failure to signal.

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