Be Super Sober if You Drive Super Bowl Weekend

LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Law enforcement agencies will be uniting in a Stop DWI crackdown to coincide with Super Bowl Weekend.

According to a press release from, Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, the Sheriff’s Office, six Village Police Departments, New York State Park Police and SUNY Geneseo Police Department will be participating in the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee’s STOP-DWI Crackdown Enforcement  Jan. 31 through Feb. 3, to coincide with Super Bowl weekend.

“Its an effort to be preventive and talk about DWI while keeping our roads. safe,” said Sheriff Dougherty. “We don’t want drivers on our roads that are intoxicated.”

Sheriff Dougherty states that Deputies and Police Officers from the Avon, Caledonia, Dansville, Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Nunda, Park Police and SUNY Geneseo Police Departments will be ticketing violators of NYS Vehicle and Traffic Laws, hoping to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and deaths on Livingston County highways at times of the year when crashes are more likely to occur.

Livingston County along with 27 other counties in New York State will participate in the STOP-DWI Crackdown Enforcement program by utilizing funds awarded the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation. Sheriff Dougherty reminds Livingston County drivers to drive carefully and be observant of vehicle and traffic laws.