AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - It's the last holiday weekend of the summer, and officers want to keep people safe.

State and local law enforcement agencies coming together with a goal of getting impaired drivers off the roads.

Hands Across the Border is a traffic enforcement campaign aimed at reducing the number of drunk or impaired drivers ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

In Georgia, it's against the law to operate a motor vehicle with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level of .08 or higher.

“I’ve seen numerous accidents involving speed, DUI impairment, people not wearing their seatbelts so we’re really trying to enforce highway safety, that’s out biggest thing joining up with South Carolina and really trying to show the efforts and importance of highway safety to help make the community saf

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