DWI Program

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ABOUT DWI PROGRAM

NYS STOP-DWI MISSION
  • Reduce the number of persons killed or injured in alcohol and other drug-related traffic crashes
  • To promote DWI prevention as a public priority
  • Coordinate local efforts in Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Probation, Rehabilitation, Public Information, Education, and Administration
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OVERVIEW
  • STOP-DWI stands for “Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Impaired”
  • The STOP-DWI Program was created by the State Legislature in 1981
  • Empowers counties to coordinate local efforts to reduce alcohol and other drug related traffic crashes
  • The Program functions as a financially self-sustaining alcohol and highway safety program
  • STOP-DWI efforts are funded entirely from fines paid by convicted drunken drivers, no tax dollars are used
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