Kentucky State Police- Post 4 Activity for August 2022
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (September 1, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown covers 8 counties. They include Hardin, Jefferson, Bullitt, Nelson, Meade, Breckinridge, Larue, and Grayson. The West Region covers 8 post areas. They are Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5, Post 12, Post 15, and Post 16.
We will continue to conduct traffic safety checkpoints through September, October and the remainder of 2022 looking for impaired drivers, unrestrained motorists, and other traffic violations at various locations throughout our post area. For the month of August, Post 4 Troopers and Detectives wrote a total of 2,066 citations. We removed 21 impaired drivers from Kentucky roadways and cited 490 speeders. 211 violators were charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and 14 citation for failure to use a child restraint. We investigated 30 collisions and 139 motorists were given a courtesy notice in lieu of a traffic citation for minor traffic offenses. We assisted 71 motorists stranded on Kentucky roadways and answered over 653 citizens’ complaints. We were involved in 542 special details and conducted over 150 community programs that reached over 52,000 citizens of the Commonwealth. Our detectives and troopers opened over 41 criminal cases, made 307 criminal arrests, and served over 97 criminal court documents. Additionally, we conducted over 37 school and business security checks throughout the entire Post 4 area. In total, Post 4 Troopers, Detectives, and Command Staff logged over 7,628 hours of service for the Kentucky citizens we served.
In addition to the Trooper and Detective monthly activity, Post 4 dispatchers logged over 1,351 data entries while still answering hundreds of calls from citizens in our area.
KSP Post 4 will be operating Road Safety Checkpoints as well as Speed Checkpoints throughout the 8 county Post 4 coverage area for the months of September, October and throughout 2022.
Traffic Safety checkpoint locations in the Post 4 district may be located at our website: https://wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/post4checkpoints/
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