Pasco deputies will conduct Operation Speed Stop on Thursday. Aggressive drivers and speeders along S.R. 54 will be in their crosshairs. The enforcement crackdown will start at 5:30 a.m. April 2, the Sheriff's Office announced. ...more

April 1, 2009

If drivers don't see the light from a speed-radar trailer and slow down, they might see the flashing lights of a patrol car in their rear-view mirrors instead. ...more

February 14, 2009

If drivers don't see the light from a speed-radar trailer and slow down, they might see the flashing lights of a patrol car in their rear-view mirrors instead. The Police Department wanted to remind motorists the speed limit along Main Street is 25 mph, Capt. Jeff Harrington said. So police parked one of the department's two trailers on Main Street near Van Buren Street late last week. ...more

February 11, 2009

POLK COUNTY Within four hours on Wednesday, a multi-agency traffic enforcement detail along U.S. 27 - conducted by the Florida Highway Patrol - issued 275 citations. ...more

November 15, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is stepping up its enforcement efforts for the Labor Day holiday weekend. ...more

August 30, 2008

We had the most amazing "Walk Like MADD" event on Saturday in Tampa with hundreds of supporters turning out in support of MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving. ...more

July 3, 2008

LEALMAN - Authorities arrested five people during a prostitution sting at 50th Ave. N. and 34th St. on Friday. The arrests were made between 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. as part of a six-week enforcement initiative in the unincorporated area north of St. Petersburg, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2007

Florida Highway Patrol troopers this week are focusing their speed guns on tractor-trailer rigs to reduce fatal accidents because commercial drivers have been involved in more than their share recently. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - Florida Highway Patrol troopers this week are focusing their attentions – and speed guns – on those behind the wheels of semis and commercial trucks. The initiative, dubbed Operation Safe Ride, is the result of a disproportionate number of fatal wrecks involving aggressive tractor-trailer drivers, troopers said. ...more

October 24, 2007