(RALEIGH) -- State and local authorities are conducting checkpoints and stepped-up patrols through Jan. 2 for a holiday “Booze It & Lose It” campaign.  Don Nail, Assistant Director of the Governor's Highway Safety Program, said officers will be out in force through the month long campaign.

"There is going to be an increased emphasis on impaired driving and detection of impaired drivers from law enforcement.  They're going to be on the lookout.  We know a lot of folks are going to be out celebrating, getting ready for the holidays and going to a lot of different parties and we just want people to, if they have anything to drink, make other arrangements to get where they are going," said Nail.

In 2010, there were 1,017 alcohol-related crashes in North Carolina during the holiday campaign, which ran from Dec. 3 through Jan. 2, resulting in 31 fatalities and 728 injuries.