
Sheriff’s Lieutenant Joy Mullins said the Sheriff’s Department’s enhanced coverage will run through the month, while Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante said the PD would focus their saturation patrols on Valentine’s Day and Saturday, February 15th.
Gigante said his officers will be looking for alcohol-related offenses as well as other traffic offenses, with overtime monies supplied through an Operation DWI grant from the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
Mullins said they also will be conducting traffic enforcement with extra funds from the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program – or S.T.E.P. – traffic safety grant.
Mullins reminded drivers to always buckle up, observe posted speed limits and never drive impaired.