Texas DPS launches highway safety initiative over holiday weekend

Bonneville County Sheriff's Office is Placing More Deputies on The Road for the Holiday Weekend

A local sheriff's office is teaming up with the office of highway safety for the holiday weekend.

Texas DPS launches highway safety initiative over holiday weekend

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) launched "Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort" (CARE) today to promote highway safety.DPS troopers will be increasing patrols to target speeders, suspected drunk drivers, and those who don't comply with the state's "Move Over, Slow Down" law or other traffic regulations.Last year, state troopers issued nearly 60,000 citations and warnings during a similar operation. More than 5,000 of those were…