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Joint Media Release for Focused Traffic Enforcement Detail - 08/19/19

The Bend Police Department and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Target Team (CATT) will be working together on the afternoon of August 22, 2019, to conduct a focused traffic enforcement detail on Highway 97 north of Bend.  The traffic detail will be focused on the area of Highway 97, between Deschutes Junction (milepost 130) and Cooley Road (milepost 134).  The purpose of the traffic detail will be to promote safe and attentive driving, with the officers and deputies specifically focusing on several violations including speeding, following too closely, cell phone use, seat belt violations, and careless driving. 

Preliminary crash data through 2017 from the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that in this particular area, drivers are driving too fast and following too closely.  These two factors were established as being the primary cause of crashes in this area.

It is our hope this cooperative effort between the Bend Police Department and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will help drivers understand the importance of following posted speed signs, while encouraging them to be attentive and safe behind the wheel.

 

Submitted by: Lt. Juli McConkey

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