This upcoming Labor Day weekend law enforcement officials will be out to enforce impaired driving laws. The Lima-Allen County Safe Community Coalition says that the enforcement period is more important than ever. That's because according to Cody Doyle, Project Director for Safe Communities, says that Allen County had twice as many injury or fatal crashes involving impaired drivers in 2020 than in 2019.

The campaign is a state-wide effort to make sure drivers are staying safe on the roads. The state patrol, joined with other local law enforcement, will be having a close eye on the roads from now until September 6th. Their goal is to remove impaired drivers from the road and decrease the likelihood of dangerous crashes. Sergeant Alec Coil of the Lima Post of the Highway Patrol says just in 2020 alone, there have been over 13,000 OVI-related crashes.