ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Sept. 4, 2023) – 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 2023 looking for impaired drivers, unrestrained motorists, and other traffic violations at various locations throughout our post area.

For the month of August 2023, Post 4 Troopers and Detectives wrote a total of 1,883 citations. We removed 33 impaired drivers from Kentucky roadways and cited 428 speeders. 181 violators were charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and 10 citations were for failure to use a child restraint. We investigated 37 collisions and 154 motorists were given a courtesy notice in lieu of a traffic citation for minor traffic offenses. We assisted 92 motorists stranded on Kentucky roadways and answered over 785 citizen’s complaints. We were involved in 674 special details and conducted over 109 community programs that reached over 75,354 citizens of the Commonwealth. Our detectives and troopers opened over 66 criminal cases, made 390 criminal arrests, and served over 96 criminal court documents. Additionally, we conducted over 71 school and business security checks throughout the entire Post 4 area. In total, Post 4 Troopers, Detectives, and Command Staff logged over 9,059 hours of service for the Kentucky citizens we served.

In addition to the Trooper and Detective monthly activity, Post 4 dispatchers logged over 2,156 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 in September, October and throughout 2023.Traffic Safety checkpoint locations in the Post 4 district may be located at our web site: http://kentuckystatepolice.org/post4checkpoints/

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