CPD Saturation Patrol Results and Red-Light Camera program update.

The Clarksville Police Department’s Saturation patrols (partially funded by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office) to detect DUI/Impaired drivers was held on May 1 and 2 between 2200 hours and 0400 hours. The expanded patrols yielded the following results:

• 10 DUIs
• 3 Implied Consent
• 42 Speeding
• 1 Following Too Closely
• 1 Failure to Use Reasonable Care
• 1 Failure To Maintain Lane
• 2 Move Over Law
• 4 Traffic Signals
• 1 Handicap Parking
• 1 Taxi Permit
• 8 Insurance Law
• 16 Equipment Violations
• 6 Driver License Violations
• 9 Revoked/Suspended Driver Licenses
• 5 Vehicle Registration
• 4 Warrants

CPD’s new Red-light camera enforcement program which started on May 1st has captured 1,786 red-light violations.   At that rate the program would be on track to issue 46,436 tickets, and bring in an estimated $2,321,800 in combined revenue for the City of Clarksville and their partner Redflex over the course of a year.