Police report a safe and sober Super Bowl

Judging by a sampling of local arrests, maybe Super Bowl revelers found a designated driver.

The Mahoning County Operating Vehicle Impaired Task Force had saturation patrols working throughout the county during the game. The task force joined with the National Football League, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other law enforcement to remind everyone to act responsibly by designating a sober driver if they planned on drinking alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday.

The various task force jurisdictions set their own hours, said Tracy Styka, task force coordinator. Most police departments working saturations patrols had extra officers out from 6 p.m. Sunday until midnight, a few worked until 2 a.m. Monday.

During that time, troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield post made no drunk driving arrests, the patrol said.

Neither did deputies from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department, a sergeant said.

Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com