(ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.) – The Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown covers 8 counties. They include: Hardin, Jefferson, Bullitt, Nelson, Meade, Breckinridge, Larue, and Grayson. The West Region covers 8 post areas. They are: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5, Post 12, Post 15, and Post 16.
We will continue to conduct traffic safety checkpoints through September, October and the rest of 2018 looking for impaired drivers, unrestrained motorists, and other traffic violations at various locations throughout our post area.
For the month of August 2018, Post 4 Troopers and Detectives wrote a total of 1,630 citations. We removed 23 drunk drivers from Kentucky roadways and cited 296 speeders. 162 violators were charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and 8 citations were for failure to use a child restraint. We investigated 53 crashes and conducted 1,206 vehicle inspections. 337 motorists were given a courtesy notice in lieu of a traffic citation for minor traffic offenses. We assisted 90 motorists stranded on Kentucky roadways and answered over 921 citizen’s complaints. We were involved in 766 special details and conducted over 24 community programs which reached over 1,900 citizens of the Commonwealth. Our Detectives and Troopers opened over 55 criminal cases, made 186 criminal arrests, and served over 124 criminal court documents. In addition, we contacted over 204 victims of crimes on cases that we investigated. Additionally, we conducted over 46 school and business security checks throughout the entire Post 4 area. In total, Post 4 Troopers, Detectives, and Command Staff logged over 10,115 hours of service for the Kentucky citizens we served.
In addition to the Trooper and Detective monthly activity, Post 4 dispatchers logged over 1,807 data entries while still answering hundreds of calls from citizens in our area.
KSP Post 4 will be operating Road Safety Checkpoints as well as Speed Checkpoints throughout the 8 county Post 4 coverage area for the months of September/October and throughout 2018.
