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‘100 Days and Nights of Summer’ in Gallup

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The Gallup Police Department is participating in the 100 Days and Nights of Summer Campaign, according to GPD Capt. Marinda Spencer. The campaign is an enforcement program that encourages local law-enforcement agencies to conduct checkpoints and saturation patrols during the summer months. The 100 Days campaign ends Sept. 30.

According to safernm.org, “in 2007, the inaugural year of the campaign, traffic fatalities for June, July, and August decreased by 18 percent, compared to the same period in 2006.”

Spencer said 159 vehicles were stopped on Aug. 19, with 44 tickets written and three arrests, none of which were DWI-related.

Another saturation point is set for Aug. 27.

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent