Last week Troopers issued 22,455 charges during Operation Summer Heat. Troopers issued citations for 750 DWI violations. Additional charges are as follows:

Driving while License Revoked-1,271
No Operators License-1,755
Drug Violations- 78
Vehicle Equipment Violations- 6,161
Seatbelt Violations- 2,711
Child seat Violations- 355
Other Violations- 10,124

Troop DWI Charges Totals:
Troop-A Greenville 91
Troop-B Fayetteville 124
Troop-C Raleigh 169
Troop-D Greensboro 54
Troop-E Salisbury 88
Troop-F Newton 65
Troop-G Asheville 62
Troop-H Monroe 94
Other 3
Total 750

The goal of Summer Heat is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities by increasing DWI patrols in areas that have a demonstrated history of alcohol related collisions or arrests. The Patrol will conduct checkpoints in several of the identified counties.

Last year Troopers investigated 1,161 fatalities statewide. Of those 169 were alcohol related. To date this year Troopers have investigated 715 fatalities, of those 107 were alcohol related.