The increased enforcement is part of the 24th annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which includes both heightened police presence and public education efforts.

"This is the 24th annual effort to combat drunk driving by identifying and apprehending drunk drivers on Virginia's roadways," said Kurt Erickson, the project director of Virginia's Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign.

Across Virginia, 181 law enforcement agencies are participating through Labor Day, conducting over 700 saturation patrols and 86 sobriety checkpoints.

"Just in the Richmond vicinity, it's 31 agencies conducting 113 saturation patrols and... two dozen sobriety checkpoints," Erickson said.

The campaign particularly targets men aged 21-35, a group that accounts for over 66% of drunk driving incidents i

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