Good News Or Bad News
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- January
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State Police today said that in 2007 they issued more than 1 million tickets for the first time.
The 2007 ticket data, according to police, indicate that of the 1,019,000 tickets issued, nearly half were for what troopers consider priority offenses: failure to wear safety restraints, speeding or DWI.
“Speeding, drunk driving, and not buckling up continue to be the most prevalent threats to traffic safety, and our troopers too often witness their devastating effects,” said Police Superintendent Preston Felton. “I’m confident that the traffic enforcement efforts of our troopers in 2007 have saved numerous lives.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
