SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico State Police will conduct a series of sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and driver’s license, registration, and insurance checkpoints across the state throughout September.
The enforcement effort will take place in all 33 New Mexico counties and is aimed at reducing impaired driving, preventing traffic fatalities, and improving roadway safety.
State police said the checkpoints are intended to deter drivers from getting behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and to encourage safer driving habits.
Officials say public awareness campaigns and visible enforcement have helped change attitudes toward impaired driving and remain a key component of the state’s ongoing anti-DWI efforts.
In addition to sobriety checkpoints, officers will conduct saturation patrols, which place additional law enforcement personnel in areas with higher rates of impaired driving and traffic crashes.
The initiative is supported through grant funding from the New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division, which provides overtime funding, training, equipment, and education programs for law enforcement agencies across the state.
State police are encouraging New Mexicans to make plans for a safe ride home if drinking alcohol and to never drive impaired.
