SHREWSBURY – Drivers in Shrewsbury may see extra officers on patrol this month, looking people driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Shrewsbury Police Department received a $40,000 grant through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Municipal Road Safety Grant Program.
According to the department, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study indicated that in 2021 36% of all fatal crashes in Massachusetts involved an impaired driver.
The department said that $25,000 of the grant funds will be used to have extra officers on patrol during six enforcement campaigns with the first being “Winter Impaired Driving” in December. The other campaigns will target cell phone usage during Distracted Driving and seatbelts in Click It or Ticket along with two separate speeding campaigns. There will also be a summer impaired driving campaign.
The officers participating in the campaigns will be in addition to SPD’s normal compliment of patrol officers. They will be solely focusing on this enforcement.
