The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office along with the LeMars Police Department, Merrill Police Department, Hinton Police Department, and Akron Police Department conducted a Special Traffic Enforcement Project on September 3, 2010.

                A total of fourteen (14) officers participated in this project that covered an area from the Woodbury County line on Highway #75 to the Sioux County line on Highway #60.  This project was held with the state wide project for the start of Labor Day weekend.    These types of projects are held to help reduce traffic fatalities and drunk driving.

                The results of this project are as follows:

                                       Citations                                 Warnings

Speed                                23                                                    34

Stop Sign                            1

Seat Belts                            4                                                    8

No Registration                  1

No Insurance                       1                                                    3

Move Over                         1                                                     1

Open Containers                1

OWI                                     1                                                     3

Other Traffic Violation       1                                                   16

Total                                 34                                                   65