Results of Impaired Driving Operation (Have a Happy New Year)
(January 2, 2023) - The Cape Coral Police Department conducted a grant-funded impaired driving enforcement operation (Have a Happy New Year) on December 30, 2022, targeting impaired driving. Funding was provided by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This operation was conducted citywide and resulted in thirty-seven citations (eight for violating a traffic control or signal device). One driver was stopped without a seatbelt. We remind and thank the motoring public for always wearing their seatbelts.
The detailed results are as follows:
OPERATION TIME: 06:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
TOTAL TRAFFIC STOPS: 39
WARNINGS: 10
SPEED CITATIONS: 11
SEATBELT CITATIONS: 0
MOVING CITATIONS: 25
NON-MOVING CITATIONS: 06
VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL/SIGNAL DEVICE: 08
OPEN CONTAINER (DRIVER): 0
OPEN CONTAINER (PASSENGER): 0
.02 VIOLATION: 0
CRIMINAL CITATIONS: 06
CITATIONS (TOTAL): 37
DUI ARRESTS: 02
ARRESTS (OTHER): 04 (traffic)
