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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT, the Pennsylvania DUI Association, AAA East Central, and law enforcement agencies across the state of Pennsylvania will collaborate this weekend to kick off St. Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Enforcement efforts with a special campaign called “Operation Sober Shamrock,” running from tomorrow to Saturday, March 7th. This was formally announced today during a media event at the Castle Shannon Police Department in Allegheny County. These coordinated enforcement activities will include roving DUI patrols. Over 80 police departments and 120 officers will participate in the “Operation Sober Shamrock” enforcement in the southwest region as grantees of PennDOT’s Municipal Police Traffic Services Enforcement Program. Local and state law enforcement agencies will also conduct sustained enforcement activities across the state of Pennsylvania throughout the entire St. Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Enforcement period of March 7th-17th to deter drivers from driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This enforcement is part of the continued efforts from PennDOT and its safety partners to reduce the number of impaired driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities throughout Pennsylvania.