During these patrols in Pacific County, officers on extra patrols wrote six seat belt infractions. In addition, 66 speeding violations, two aggressive driving citations, one misdemeanor arrest, as well as two uninsured motorists and two suspended/revoked license violations were issued this year.
Last year, during the same time period, officers on extra patrols statewide issued 2,963 seat belt violations amongst the 11,666 motorists who were stopped and 1,897 cell phone and texting violations were written.
In Pacific County, the Raymond and South Bend Police Departments as well as the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol worked the extra patrols, with the support of the Pacific County Target Zero Task Force and a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.