As schools start across Nebraska and the summer driving season comes to an end, the Nebraska State Patrol will join agencies all over the country in the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.
Troopers and dispatchers will be working throughout the enforcement, which runs from Friday, August 17 through Monday, September 3, in an effort to reduce the risk of alcohol-related crashes.
Colonel John Bolduc, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol, says the campaign focuses on removing impaired drivers from the road. “As summer comes to a close, our troopers will continue their hard work to keep Nebraska roads safe. In addition to the outstanding work to take impaired drivers off the road, our troopers have also used this summer to educated young drivers on the importance of safe driving.”
Troopers across the state have arrested more than 300 impaired drivers since Memorial Day weekend, which marked the start of the NSP’s annual “100 Days of Summer” initiative. The summer-long initiative, which involves at least one selective enforcement operation every day, comes to a close on Labor Day weekend.