Labor Day Wkd. DWI Checkpoints, Extra Patrols In NJ: Here's Where

NEW JERSEY – The last weekend of New Jersey's "local summer" is here, and there will be plenty of people taking to the roads. The police will be out, too, making sure they're safe.

That's why there could be many drunk-driving checkpoints throughout the state as departments are planning to beef up patrols in New Jersey. Below is a list of departments that received money to increase police presence in their communities.

Here is where checkpoints will likely/definitely be:

Port Authority bridges and crossings

The Port Authority Police Department will conduct DWI checkpoints at its facilities from 10 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. on Sunday. The Port Authority operates the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Hollland Tunnel, the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing.

Drivers will be subject to inspection. The purpose of the DWI checkpoint is to deter and apprehend anyone who operates a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Police also will distribute literature on the dangers of driving while intoxicated, according to the Port Authority.

Jersey Shore

The Monmouth County DWI Task force will conduct a DWI checkpoint to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol and or drugs this Friday night and Saturday morning in Keyport. The checkpoint will be run from 10 p.m. Friday through 2 a.m. Saturday on Rt. 36. Read more: DWI Checkpoint In Keyport This Friday Night

Extra patrols

The Division of Highway Traffic Safety has announced grants totaling more than $540,000 that will be used by local law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunk and impaired drivers as part of the national initiative, "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over."

Law enforcement agencies across New Jersey received funds to staff saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which runs through Tuesday, Sept. 3, according to a DHTS news release.

Here is the list of participating towns:

Atlantic

• Atlantic City $5,500
• Egg Harbor Township $5,500
• Galloway $5,500
• Hamilton Township $5,500
• Hammonton $5,500
• Mullica $5,500

Bergen

• Bergenfield $5,500
• Fort Lee $5,500
• Garfield $5,500
• Hillsdale $5,500
• Lyndhurst $5,500
• Mahwah $5,500
• Maywood $5,500
• New Milford $5,500
• Paramus $5,500
• Teaneck $5,500

Burlington

• Bordentown Township $5,500
• Cinnaminson $5,500
• Delran $5,500
• Evesham $5,500
• Medford Lakes $5,500
• Mount Laurel $5,500
• New Hanover $5,500
• Palmyra $5,500
• Riverside $5,500

Camden

• Gloucester Township $5,500
• Haddon Heights $5,500
• Pennsauken $5,500
• Pine Hill $5,500
• Stratford $5,500

Cape May

• Lower Township $5,500
• Middle Township $5,500
• North Wildwood $5,500

Cumberland

• Bridgeton $5,500
• Vineland $5,500

Essex

• Bloomfield $5,500

Gloucester

• Deptford $5,500
• East Greenwich $2,200

Gloucester

• Elk $2,200
• Glassboro $5,500
• Greenwich $1,760
• Harrison $2,200
• Logan $2,200
• Mantua $5,500
• Monroe $2,200
• Pitman $2,200
• Washington $5,500
• Westville $2,640
• Woolrich $2,640

Hudson

• Guttenberg $5,500
• Hoboken $5,500
• Jersey City $5,500
• Kearny $5,500
• Union City $5,500

Hunterdon

• Clinton $5,500
• Lebanon $2,640
• West Amwell $2,640

Mercer

• Ewing $5,500
• Hamilton Township $5,500
• Hightstown $5,500

Middlesex

• Dunellen $5,500
• Edison $5,500
• Monroe $5,500
• North Brunswick $5,500
• Old Bridge $5,500
• Sayreville $5,500

Monmouth

• Allentown $5,500
• Brielle $5,500
• Eatontown $5,500
• Howell $5,500
• Middletown $5,500

Morris

• Chester Township $5,500
• Hanover $5,500
• Jefferson $5,500
• Morristown $5,500
• Parsippany-Troy Hills $5,500
• Rockaway Borough $5,500
• Rockaway Township $5,500

Ocean

• Berkeley Township $5,500
• Jackson $5,500
• Seaside Heights $5,500

Passaic

• Bloomingdale $5,500
• Clifton $5,500
• Passaic City $5,500
• Paterson $5,500
• Pompton Lakes $5,500
• Woodland Park $5,500

Salem

• Carney's Point $5,500

Somerset

• Bedminster $2,640
• Branchburg $2,640
• Green Brook $2,640
• Hillsborough $2,640
• Manville $2,640
• Montgomery $2,640
• Somerville $2,640
• South Bound Brook $2,640
• Warren $2,640

Sussex

• Franklin Borough $5,500
• Hopatcong $5,500
• Sparta $5,500
• Vernon $5,500

Union

• Linden $5,500
• Union Township $5,500

Warren

• Hackettstown $5,500