The Sturgeon Bay Police Department has completed their 2014 Seatbelt High Visibility Enforcement program, which is funded through a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety. The program ran in coordination with deputies from the Door County Sheriff’s Department, with each agency providing two officers dedicated to traffic enforcement for each four hour deployment. The deployments occurred between May 1 and September 30.
The results of the Sturgeon Bay
Police Department’s portion of the program are as follows:
· 277 traffic stops were made during 158 hours of deployments.
· Officers averaged a traffic stop every 34 minutes.
· 175 traffic citations were issued
22 Seatbelt
· 277 traffic stops were made during 158 hours of deployments.
· Officers averaged a traffic stop every 34 minutes.
· 175 traffic citations were issued
22 Seatbelt
17 Speeding
1 OWI (operate while
intoxicated)
5 OAR and OWS (operate
after revocation or suspension)
8 Vehicle
registration
22 Miscellaneous
violations (i.e.: stop sign / no insurance)
· 138 traffic warnings were issued:
84 Speeding
· 138 traffic warnings were issued:
84 Speeding
23 Vehicle
registration
18 Vehicle
equipment
13 Miscellaneous
violations
· 4 non-traffic arrests from the stops:
3 Obstructing an officer (criminal charge)
1 Probation & Parole Hold
· 4 non-traffic arrests from the stops:
3 Obstructing an officer (criminal charge)
1 Probation & Parole Hold
