There are often a lot of questions regarding if its permissible for police officers to pull you over randomly without reasonable articulable suspicion that you committed a crime.
In an effort to bring awareness to the dangers of drunk and impaired driving, law enforcement across New York state is participating in the STOP-DWI campaign. You will see police out in full force across the Capital Region this St. Patrick's Day weekend.
While driving drunk is still a constant threat to New York drivers, driving drowsy is quickly becoming another imminent threat, and the statistics are chilling.
Harry Olivier, a 43-year-old school bus driver from Troy, faces charges after allegedly driving the Cohoes Girls Basketball team while drunk on February 11, 2022.
Today (Wednesday, August 19th) begins the New York State Police's statewide enforcement of driving impaired. It's the STOP-DWI the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.