For the past few summers, social media users have spread a rumor that New Jersey State Police would be upping traffic enforcement with additional patrols and higher fines.
That happened again this year with a July 13 Facebook post claiming that police would be on a "speeding ticket frenzy" starting July 28. It was shared more than 140 times.
The post included a photo of a flyer with claimed details of the supposed "frenzy" with the caption, "just received this."
The supposed crackdown included an increased presence of state troopers patrolling certain intersections and increased fines for hand-held cell phone use.
But New Jersey State Police said in a Facebook post that the ticket blitz is not real.
USA TODAY previously debunked this claim when it surfaced in 2020. Back in 2015, New Jersey State Police posted a similar message warning drivers the claim was false.
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for comment.
State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan told News 12 New Jersey in an interview that social media posts about increases in speeding tickets pop up periodically online, but there's no truth to this claim.
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