State Police plan saturation DWI patrols in Rochester, Dover and Barrington Saturday

EPPING - State Police Troop A today announced that on Saturday troopers, in conjunction with police officers from the Rochester, Barrington and Dover Police departments will be conducting a DWI Saturation Patrols in these areas of Strafford County.

This initiative is funded by the New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The program provides federal highway safety funds to support these saturation patrols designed to combat the on-going issue of impaired driving.

NHTSA analytical data indicates that in the United States, one person is killed about every 45 minutes in an impaired driving crash, totaling more than 11,000 lives lost per year. Although state and local police work tirelessly to combat this issue on a daily and nightly basis, the program will allow a larger contingency of Troopers and Officers to focus solely on the detection and apprehension of impaired drivers.

As the summer months persist, the New Hampshire State Police would like to encourage all motorists to make safe choices prior to getting behind the wheel and remind everyone that the problem of impaired driving is a preventable one.

If you are a member of the motoring public and observe a suspected impaired driver, call 911 immediately and be prepared to provide your exact location to include street names and highway mile markers, a plate number and description of the vehicle involved, along with the details of your observations.