Sheriff's office joins crackdown on highway drivers

Thursday, December 1, 2011

by Brian S. Orban

Push the speed limit?

Get angry at other drivers?

Not paying attention behind the wheel?

Driving while under the influence?

Don't do it.

That's the advice coming from the Elmore County Sheriff's Department, who joined forces with other law enforcement agencies to crack down on unsafe drivers on state highways. During a four-hour period Nov. 14, they intensified their efforts to identify and stop unsafe drivers along a 40-mile stretch of the interstate from milepost 99 to the Gooding County line.

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Umm....isn't this their job EVERY DAY?

-- Posted by mhbouncer on Thu, Dec 1, 2011, at 10:49 PM
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ANd aren;t these drivers driving just as unsafe on the west side of the county as well. The county line starts at the 73

-- Posted by mhbouncer on Thu, Dec 1, 2011, at 10:50 PM
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The problem I have with this is that the interstate is the purview of the Idaho State Police. Yes, I know the interstate is within the Elmore County boundary, but there are many more miles of county roads than interstate highway, and the Sheriff's deputies should be focused on those, just as city police Officers should be focused on the city streets. There are certainly situations, mostly because of manpower availability, that the various departments need to cover an emergency situation out of their usual areas, but to take the opinion that an increased focus on a particular stretch of interstate by county officers will solve anything other than what is actually a state police problem is, above all, a waste of resources needed elsewhere. County taxpayers deserve better.

-- Posted by tgamb on Sun, Dec 4, 2011, at 2:16 PM
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Well if you get stopped for speed by the Sheriffs office....fight the ticket. Because none of thier radars have cerifitcates and the deputies dont check them regularly...trust me I know

-- Posted by county_aware on Mon, Dec 5, 2011, at 9:02 AM
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