The New York State Police today announced that it issued a total of 38,363 tickets statewide during the National “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign.

The special enforcement period began on Monday, May 22, 2023, and ran through Sunday, June 4, 2023.

During the campaign, which was partially funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.

Troopers arrested 399 people for DWI and investigated 2,436 crashes, including 410 personal injury crashes and two fatal crashes.

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

Speeding                    10,654
Distracted Driving       1,334
Seatbelt violations     8,473
Move Over Law          337

During last year’s “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign, which ran from Monday, May 23, 2022, through Sunday, June 5, 2022, the State Police issued 40,038 total tickets and arrested 441 people for DWI.

Below is a breakdown of violations by troop:

TroopRegionSpeedDWI Arrests(# of persons)Distracted DrivingChild Restraint/Seat BeltMove OverTotalTickets(includes other violations)
AWestern NY917321041,474154,359
BNorth Country6871957 32743   2,680
CSouthern Tier863 199590626  3,082
DCentral NY928282231,262464,485
EFinger Lakes97448114726163,806
FUpper Hudson Valley1,19045115751243,330
GCapital Region81338117848323,002
KLower Hudson Valley1,34777125852484,055
LLong Island7275715531072,700
NYCNew York City19536041211,808
TNYS Thruway2,01333169605795,056