LPSO ANNOUNCES DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER CAMPAIGN

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig We fare announced this week that LPSO will join other law enforcement agencies around the country in its participation in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over1 campaign.

The national campaign runs Aug. 17 – Sept 3, 2018 and it is coordinated and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

Additional deputies will be assigned to saturated patrol efforts to target impaired drivers and help keep motorists safe. There will also be several checkpoints held in conjunction with the campaign. A seat belt checkpoint will be conducted during the evening hours of Friday, August 17. followed immediately by a DWI checkpoint which will continue into the early morning hours of Saturday. August la There will also be daytime seat belt checkpoints on Thursday, August 23, and Thursday August 30.

During the seat belt checkpoints, deputies will be checking for seat belt and safety seat violations, as well as other violations, such as expired inspection stickers. During the DWI checkpoint deputies will be looking for signs of possible impairment in drivers, while also checking for other traffic safety issues, including but not limited to seat belt usage.