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LPSO to increase deputy presence during Carnival season for Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign

LPSO to increase deputy presence during Carnival season for Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign January 31, 2021 Sheriff Craig Webre announced the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office will join other local law enforcement agencies in participating in the statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign which runs through the heart of the Mardi Gras season – February 5-16, 2021. The campaign is coordinated and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. As part of this effort, additional deputies will be assigned to saturated patrol efforts to target impaired drivers and help keep motorists safe.

Law enforcement kick up sober driving campaign for the holidays

Law enforcement kick up sober driving campaign for the holidays Staff Report BATON ROUGE Law enforcement officers across Louisiana are on a life-saving mission through Jan. 1. They will try to keep Happy Holidays from turning into “Deadly December” by finding and arresting drunk and drug-impaired drivers during the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. In December 2019, 33 people were killed on Louisiana roads in 28 alcohol-related crashes, according to the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation at LSU. The 33 alcohol-related deaths were the most in any month in 2019, which was the second straight year showing a December increase.  “December usually is a bad month for alcohol-related fatalities, so sheriff’s deputies, police officers and State Police troopers all over Louisiana are joining this campaign to get impaired drivers off the road,” said Lisa Freeman, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

Law enforcement working to prevent a Deadly December on LA roads

BATON ROUGE, La. - Law enforcement officers across Louisiana are on a life-saving mission through Jan. 1. They are trying to keep Happy Holidays from turning into Deadly December by finding and arresting drunk and drug-impaired drivers during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. In December 2019, 33 people were killed on Louisiana roads in 28 alcohol-related crashes, according to the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation at LSU. The 33 alcohol-related deaths were the most in any month in 2019, which was the second straight year showing a December increase. “December usually is a bad month for alcohol-related fatalities, so sheriff’s deputies, police officers and State Police troopers all over Louisiana are joining this campaign to get impaired drivers off the road,” said Lisa Freeman, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

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