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The Maui Police Department launches its Fourth of July Weekend – Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign on Friday, July 1. Enforcement will continue through the holiday weekend, with sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols planned at various locations.

Calling the announcement an error, Maui Police Department said this afternoon that the “Tints and Tires” campaign will not launch because the effort did not get Chief John Pelletier’s approval.

Maui police have already issued 236 traffic citations and made three arrests during the first few days of a seatbelt enforcement campaign that runs through Nov. 29.

The Maui Police Department’s Traffic Division launches a two week seatbelt enforcement campaign on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.  

Maui police are conducting traffic enforcement in school zones across Maui County this week.  The enforcement effort includes the use of the Department’s Solo Bike Detail. 

Maui Police launch C2D, a distracted driving enforcement campaign. In 2016, 3,450 people were killed in crashes involving distracted drivers.

During the one month of enforcement, Officers issued a total of 3,779 citations. Of those, 769 citations were for Mobile Electronic Device Violations (Distracted Driving), 23 were issued to School or Construction Zones. Other citations included are, Speeding 341, Seatbelt 180 and other violations totaling to 2,466.