The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Tuesday it will put $60,000 toward increasing highway patrols, according to a Dane County Sheriff’s Office statement.
The Sheriff’s Office’s Alcohol Enforcement Grant, which the sheriff’s office was awarded in 2012, will allow it to “assign additional enforcement in focused areas during times most susceptible to intoxicated drivers,” according to Public Information Officer Elise Schaffer.
The first deployment of these additional patrols will take place Nov. 22 from 6 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. The office is targeting the rise in traffic associated with the opening of gun season for deer hunting on Nov. 23.
“There will be increased traffic throughout the state, and many hunters may be celebrating the start of the season,” Schaffer said in the statement. “The Sheriff’s Office encourages them to be responsible.”
