Crime & Safety
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over!
State Police are cracking down on drunk driving this weekend with roving patrols and sobriety check points. Here's where they'll be lurking locally.

State Police are ramping up their efforts to crackdown on drunk driving over the holiday weekend. If you're planning to party like it's the end of summer, then find yourself a designated driver. Here's a sneak peak at where local police will be doing roving patrols and setting up sobriety check points. If you're heading to other parts of the state, you'll find the full list here.
State Police Troop F in Westbrook
Find out what's happening in The Lymesfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
08/31/12: Roving Patrols—Interstate 95 within Troop F patrol area
09/01/12: Roving Patrols—Route 66 in Middlefield
Find out what's happening in The Lymesfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
09/02/12: Roving Patrols—Interstate 95/Route 9 interchange
09/03/12: Roving Patrols—Interstate 95 in Old Lyme
State Police Troop E in Montville
09/01/12: Roving Patrols—Routes 2, 2a, 12, 164, 165, 214, and Interstates 95 and 395 in towns of East Lyme, Groton, Lisbon, New London, North Stonington, Stonington, Waterford, Norwich, Montville, Preston, and Griswold
09/01/12: DUI Sobriety Checkpoints—Routes 2a/32, Route 85 and Beckwith Road and Route163 and Interstate 395. This will be in conjunction with the Breath Alcohol Testing Mobil Unit.
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