State Police to increase presence over Thanksgiving

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To help ensure the safety of all motorists during the Thanksgiving holiday period, Indiana State Police will be joining more than 250 other Indiana law enforcement agencies in participating in the annual Safe Family Travel campaign.

Beginning today and running through Sunday, December 6, Indiana State Police will be conducting high visibility enforcement efforts.  They will include  check points and saturation patrols looking for impaired and dangerous drivers. Troopers will also be specifically looking for drivers who speed, follow too closely, make unsafe lane changes, drive aggressively and fail to buckle up or properly restrain children.

According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), there were 520 alcohol-related crashes across Indiana resulting in 235 injuries and three fatalities just last year in November.