“You can still have a good time with friends and family, but take responsibility for yourself to be safe and line up a sober ride if you’re celebrating with alcohol,” advises James Wolfinbarger, chief of the Colorado State Patrol.  “If you don’t plan ahead, that’s when bad situations arise and you can end up behind bars and worse.”

The Colorado Department of Transportation has partnered with MillerCoors to encourage responsible decisions and provide useful tools for celebrants to get home safely. The beer company is offering free taxi vouchers at participating restaurants and bars.  Cab information and locations where people can get the free vouchers can be found at www.planaheadcolorado.com.

One thing celebrants can count on for sure this coming weekend is that police officers will be out in force looking for people who didn’t plan ahead and who decided to risk it all by drinking and driving. Following is a list of Colorado law enforcement agencies and their enforcement plans for the New Year’s weekend.

Saturation Patrols:

Adams County Sheriff’s Office, December 30 – January 3

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, December 30 – January 3

Castle Rock Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Colorado Springs Police Department, December 30 – January 3

CSP/Castle Rock, December 30 – January 2

CSP/Adams County, December 30 – January 2

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, December 30 – January 1

Fort Collins Police Department, December 30 – January 2

Greenwood Village Police Department, December 30 – January 1

Lakewood Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, December 30 – January 2

Increased Patrols:

Auraria Campus Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Aurora Police Department, December 30 – January 4

Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, December 30 – January 1

Boulder Police Department, December 30 – January 1

Brighton Police Department, December 30 – January 3

CSP/Colorado Springs, December 30 – January 3

CSP/Broomfield, December 30 – January 3

Denver Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Edgewater Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Longmont Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Northglenn Police Department, December 30 – January 3

Wheat Ridge Police Department, December 30 – January 1

So far, no cause for the blood test discrepancies has been offered, but it has been reported the district attorney’s office and Colorado Bureau of Investigation are conducting investigations.