Sheriff stepping up parish road enforcement

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz has formed a speed and traffic enforcement detail composed of off-duty deputies on overtime to focus on parish roads.
Guidroz sated the deputies will be monitoring speeders, ATVs, RTVs, dirt bikes and other violations.
“Last year I invested in two ‘speed monitoring trailers’ that have multiple computerized data collection functions. The speed monitor stores data collected, and provides a detailed report to sheriff patrol administrators that is used in speed and other traffic enforcement planning. The data information collected in 24 hour and 48 hour increments indicates the speed of vehicles, number of vehicles adhering to the posted speed limit, slowest speed recorded, the fastest speeds recorded, and time of day or night vehicles passed and are monitored,” Guidroz stated in a news relase.
“The recently collected data from the traffic monitors proves what we already know, and that is, we have serious problems in some areas of the parish with speed violators, reckless drivers and other off-road vehicles creating safety concerns. Our deputies will therefore be citing violators for speeding, reckless driving or any other observed traffic violations which could place you or someone else at risk of injury or death,” he sstated.
“The information collected gives patrol supervisors much needed data relative to specific days, times and speeds that will allow for better planning of resources to catch and cite violators. We will begin taking more stringent enforcement actions to ensure the safety of our citizens and especially our children during this time of stay home restrictions,” he stated.
More than 300 miles of parish roads have been paved in the Smooth Ride Home Program making many of them passable at speeds other than at the posted speed limit or slower.