On behalf of Deschutes County’s law enforcement agencies, Bend Police shared the results of this week’s multiagency traffic enforcement detail.
The detail, which took place for four hours each day from March 10 through March 12, targeted high-traffic areas in Bend, Redmond, Black Butte Ranch, Sunriver and rural Deschutes County, focused on speed, intoxicated and distracted driving, as well as unsafe driving behaviors like illegal passing and not wearing seatbelts. It focused primarily on U.S. Highway 20, U.S. Highway 126, U.S. Highway 97 and the Bend Parkway.
Over the three-day detail, at least 36 officers from six agencies – Oregon State Police, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Bend Police, Redmond Police, Black Butte Ranch Police and Sunriver Police – participated.
Officers made more than 380 traffic stops related to the detail. About 45 percent of those traffic stops, more than 170, resulted in at least one traffic citation. The majority of those stops were initiated because of excessive speed. Seventeen of the drivers contacted were driving with suspended licenses.
Traffic safety affects everyone in our community. Police ask drivers to drive responsibly – slow down, don’t use your phone, and obey the rules of the road.
