Authorities in Wyoming have been busy on local interstate highways.
At the beginning of November, a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) Mobile Education Enforcement Team (MEET/K9) operation was held in the Evanston area. In one case, police found a driver in possession of child sex abuse material. No details were given on that arrest.
WHP’s K9 teams along with mobile inspectors conducted numerous commercial vehicle inspections during a week-long event.
According to statistics compiled by WHP after the event was completed, the operation yielded the following results:
Traffic stops- 132
Total inspections- 98
Out of service violations- 45
Total drivers out of service- 12
Total trucks out of service- 42
Total decals issued- 22
Total violations found- 253
K-9 Deployments- 9
Misdemeanor drug arrests- 7
Felony warrant arrests- 2
Possession of child sex abuse material- 1
WHP promised that further MEET/K9 operations are planned for the new year.
Bruce Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who has lived in three states including Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia. During his nearly 20-year career, Bruce has served as managing editor and sports editor for numerous publications. He and his wife, Dana, who is also a journalist, are based in Carrollton, Georgia.
As a truck driver, I would like to see more truck drivers issues tickets for impeding traffic for climbing hills on interstate highways for passing in the left lane when they can not maintain proper speed. This is just not necessary and gives us all a bad name. We can do better than this.