DPS increasing safety patrols during holiday season

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is encouraging drivers to plan for safety on their holiday road trips by staying sober and following traffic laws throughout the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. 
In an effort to increase safety on Texas roadways, DPS troopers will conduct traffic patrols throughout the holiday weekends — Dec. 23-26 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — looking for drunk drivers, speeders, seat belt violators and other dangerous drivers. 
Many local law enforcement agencies, including the Snyder Police Department, will also increase enforcement efforts over the holidays.
“The holidays are a wonderful time of year, and it’s up to each and every Texan to be responsible behind the wheel so that everyone makes it home safely to their family during the holidays,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Along with other law enforcement partners across the state, DPS will be out in force to identify and remove dangerous drivers from Texas roadways this holiday season.”
During the Christmas/New Year holiday enforcement effort last year, troopers issued more than 86,000 citations and warnings for a variety of violations, including speeding, no insurance and seat belt/child safety seat usage. 
DPS enforcement efforts also resulted in 400 DWI arrests, 359 fugitive arrests and 277 felony arrests during the 2017 holiday season.