Month: November 2016

The Connecticut State Police are supplementing the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers throughout this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.  The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/23/2016, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday 11/27/2016. Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers.  These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/23/16 to 11/27/16 9:00 a.m.   SPEEDING violations: 896 SEATBELT violations: 311 OTHER HAZARDOUS MOVING violations: 2503 (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.) DUI arrests: 51 ACCIDENTS investigated: 392 w/injury: 42 fatality: 1     2015 Thanksgiving Stats: Speeding: 1,204 Seatbelt Violations: 432…

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