Local Law enforcement will be out this long Holiday weekend, watching for impaired drivers.

Sheriff Schrader would like to remind all Chattooga County citizens that Sheriff Deputies along with GSP will be out, watching for impaired drivers during this long holiday weekend.

Per Sheriff Schrader, “Please don’t end 2020 worse than it already has been for everyone. You can drink or you can drive, you just can’t do both.”

During the 2020 New Year’s holiday travel period, which was 30-hours long, GSP worked 143 crashes that resulted in 71 injuries and two fatal crashes resulting in two fatalities. In addition, troopers and officers issued 5,083 citations, 7,275 warnings, and arrested 160 people for driving under the influence.

This New Year’s holiday will last 78 hours beginning on Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and ending Jan. 3 at 11:59 p.m.