Crime & Safety

Westborough PD Cracking Down on Drunk Driving as Labor Day Approaches

State Police, and 130 local departments, are participating in the state's 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' mobilization.

Drunk drivers risk being pulled over by during this Labor Day season.

Westborough is among 130 local police departments cracking down on drunk driving through Labor Day weekend, Police Chief Alan Gordon said Monday.

The state's “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” mobilization began Saturday, the the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division said in a press release.

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Labor Day is next Monday, Sept. 3.

The "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" effort includes "additional high-visibility enforcement activities, as well as a coordinated public education campaign" funded by federal highway safety money administered through the state to both State Police and the 130 local departments, including Westborough, the state agency said.

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