ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (June 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 June, July 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 May 2022, Post 4 Troopers and Detectives wrote a total of 1,876 citations. We removed 26 impaired drivers from Kentucky roadways and cited 423 speeders. 175 violators were charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and 1 citation for failure to use a child restraint. We investigated 58 collisions and 180 motorists were given a courtesy notice in lieu of a traffic citation for minor traffic offenses. We assisted 141 motorists stranded on Kentucky roadways and answered over 733 citizen’s complaints. We were involved in 502 special details and conducted over 20 community programs that reached over 3,753 citizens of the Commonwealth. Our detectives and troopers opened over 57 criminal cases, made 337 criminal arrests, and served over 125 criminal court documents. Additionally, we conducted over 68 school and business security checks throughout the entire Post 4 area. In total, Post 4 Troopers, Detectives, and Command Staff logged over 7,069 hours of service for the Kentucky citizens we served.
In addition to the Trooper and Detective monthly activity, Post 4 dispatchers logged over 1,434 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 June, July and throughout 2022.
Traffic Safety checkpoint locations in the Post 4 district may be located at our web site: http://kentuckystatepolice.org/post4checkpoints/
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