Warren Police Crackdown On Drunk Driving During Holidays

WARREN, NJ — Warren Township Police are among 132 New Jersey police agencies participating in the year-end crackdown on impaired driving.

The annual "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" Year-End Holiday Campaign, running through Jan. 1, 2024, is aimed at reducing the potential for fatal and serious accidents on New Jersey roads by heightening awareness about impaired driving, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS).

Last year, 69 people died in crashes involving an impaired driver between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, officials said.

Warren Township received $2,450 in grant money to participate in the impaired driving crackdown.

The extra financial boost ($795,340 in total awarded to NJ departments) will help police conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, officials said.

Platkin said the additional funds "will bolster enforcement efforts from our law enforcement partners to make our roads safer, safeguard families, and ensure everyone gets to celebrate the holidays surrounded by their loved ones."

Here is a list of all of the Somerset County police departments participating:

• Bernards $1,120
• Bernardsville $1,050
• Branchburg $2,450
• Bridgewater $3,710
• Far Hills $2,450
• Franklin $3,710
• Green Brook $2,450
• Hillsborough $2,450
• Manville $2,450
• Montgomery $2,450
• North Plainfield $3,710
• Peapack Gladstone $2,450
• Somerset County Sheriff $2,450
• South Bound Brook $2,450
• Warren $2,450

See Related: Drunk Driving Crackdown Begins: Here Are The 132 Towns Participating

— Additional reporting by Michelle Rotuno-Johnson,Patch Staff

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