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From the Santa Fe County DWI Program - Santa Fe County DWI Program Announces Enhanced Drunk Driving Enforcement for June

(Santa Fe, NM)—It’s not your imagination, you are seeing more police and sheriff’s vehicle on the roads.  Law enforcement in Santa Fe County is saturating the roads with extra officers and patrols to catch drunk and unsafe drivers.  

These extra patrols and checkpoints are scheduled for the month of June.  More officers on the streets mean more drunk drivers will be caught behind the wheel and end up behind jail cell bars.   Sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving/traffic safety saturation patrols are scheduled throughout Santa Fe County.

“Summer is a notoriously tragic time for driving while intoxicated.  Law enforcement in Santa Fe County will be out in full force with checkpoints and officers saturating the roads and highways arresting drunk drivers.  I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone to Think Santa Fe, think about not driving after drinking, think about a Cab Ride Home, Think before you drink.” said Lupe Sanchez, Santa Fe County DWI Coordinator.

Special funding through grant funds from the Santa Fe County DWI Program help the Santa Fe County Sheriff, Santa Fe Police, New Mexico State Police, Tesuque Tribal Police pay for overtime wages for officers to conduct extra patrols.

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For further information contact Peter Olson 992-9844 polson@santafecountynm.gov