During the Thanksgiving season, the Junction City Police Department conducted saturation patrols in cooperation with the statewide Thanksgiving Safe Arrival Traffic Campaign. The goal of this campaign was to target impaired drivers and make travel within the state safer during the holiday season. Over the period of November 20th-29th, officers had 0 DUI arrests by saturation patrol, however, 6 DUI arrests were made by normal patrol. Additionally, during the saturation patrols, 4 safety belt citations, 1 child restraint citation, 19 speeding citations, and 36 other citations were issued, and 2 non-DUI arrests were made. All in all, officers made 56 enforcement stops during the campaign.
According to agency spokesperson Captain Kirt D. Nichols, “The driving force behind enforcement campaigns like this is, first and foremost, to save lives and reduce injury on our Kansas roads.”
While this campaign may be over, our agency will always be vigilant in our enforcement of Kansas traffic safety laws.
The Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign was supported by a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.