News Release

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I01G09
January 23, 2009

EMPHASIS: Troop I Announces Results Of Selective Enforcement Operation



Captain Lee Ann H. Kenley, commanding officer of Troop I, announces the results of a special enforcement operation conducted in Phelps County on January 22, 2009. During the course of the eight-hour operation, two troopers were assigned to detect and enforce all hazardous moving violations. The troopers stopped 37 vehicles resulting in the following enforcement contacts:

Speed Violations: 21
Seat Belt Violations: 2
Following Too Closely: 1
Hazardous Moving Violations: 1
Uninsured Motorist Violation: 1
Hazardous Moving Violations By Commercial Motor Vehicles: 3
Warnings: 23
Captain Kenley stated: “We will continue to conduct these operations in an effort to make our roads safer. I would like to encourage anyone observing a vehicle being operated in either a careless or imprudent manner to please call the Highway Patrol at 1-800-525-5555 or *55 on your cell phone.”

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