Delco Cops Cracking Down On DUI Over Labor Day Weekend

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Five Delaware County police departments will be out in force over Labor Day weekend to crack down on impaired driving.

The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce will be conducting DUI crackdown operations over the holiday weekend.

Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Radnor and Springfield township police departments comprise the taskforce.

Since September 2009, the taskforce has conducted 120 operations.

These operations have resulted in 186 of alcohol or drug DUI arrests, 49 underage drinking citations, and 1,312 citations and 2,025 warnings for other motor vehicle violations.

"The purpose of the Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce is to save lives on the roadways and reduce injuries by aggressively enforcing DUI laws," police said in a news release. "Sobriety checkpoints are a proactive visual deterrent while also removing impaired drivers; roving patrols are traffic details with the main goals to spot and stop possible impaired drivers before they can cause harm to innocent unsuspecting motorists traveling on our roadways."

Drivers 21 and older are urged to be responsible and never operate a motor vehicle while impaired.

They are reminded to read all instruction labels on prescription or over the counter medications carefully and make arrangements before to drinking alcohol for a designated driver.