Troopers from Nebraska and South Dakota will team up for a day of special enforcement activities in an effort to reduce the potential for serious injury and fatality crashes.

The special enforcement with a focus on impaired and distracted driving is planned for Friday, October 25 and will include troopers from the Nebraska State Patrol Troop B Headquarters- Norfolk and troopers from the South Dakota Highway Patrol District #2-Sioux Falls.

“Through this effort we are hoping to send the message that roadway safety is a shared responsibility,” said Troop B Commander Captain Paul Hattan.

Captain Kevin Joffer Commander Patrol District #2 said, “Not only must we as law enforcement work together to keep our roads safe, we need the cooperation of the motoring public as well.”

Special enforcement efforts will begin Friday morning and continue into the early morning hours on Saturday, October 26. During that time troopers will conduct high visibility patrol and a DUI checkpoint along the Highway 81 corridor joining both states.

The Nebraska State Patrol and the South Dakota Highway Patrol encourage all motorists to do their part to stay safe by never driving impaired or distracted and always buckling up.