NY State Police announce results of St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period

Press Release

The New York State Police today announced that it issued 11,582 tickets during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement initiative.

The campaign began on Friday, March 14, 2025, and continued until Monday, March 17, 2025. This year’s enforcement was one day longer than the 2024 initiative.

During the campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the New York State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and underage drinking and sales to minors detail. State Police also ticketed distracted drivers who use handheld electronic devices.

State Troopers arrested 239 people for DWI and investigated 563 crashes, which resulted in no fatalities.

As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the State. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.

Speeding                  3,680

Distracted Driving     337

Seatbelt violations     423

Move Over Law         161

During last year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period, the State Police issued 8,662 tickets and arrested 217 people for DWI.

Results of the St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period by troop:

Troop	Region	DWI Arrests (# of persons)	Speed	Distracted Driving	Child Restraint & Seat Belt	Move Over	Total Tickets (includes other violations)
A	Western NY	13	308	28	40	5	1152
B	North Country	13	156	6	18	8	712
C	Southern Tier	16	330	14	40	26	905
D	Central NY	20	329	26	57	8	1298
E	Finger Lakes	14	310	23	69	7	1241
F	Western HV	46	387	32	38	11	1217
G	Capital Region	31	331	23	23	12	962
K	Eastern HV	33	414	32	16	19	1067
L	Long Island	27	208	65	21	7	722
NYC	New York City	3	46	14	5	0	405
T	NYS Thruway	23	861	74	96	58	1901