ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Now is a good time to make sure your vehicle registration is up to date. A coordinated effort this week from multiple law enforcement agencies saw hundreds of tickets issued and a handful of arrests while cracking down on expired tags.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office led that operation, joined by Colorado State Patrol, Westminster, Brighton and Thornton Police Departments. For 12 hours on Wednesday, officers in those jurisdictions were out in full force.
“We just flooded the area, the whole county,” Nicole Narverud with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office said.
Looking for expired plates, some of which they found were multiple years old. Narverud says anyone with a government vehicle was tasked with spotting them.
“The ability for us to go into communities and do this on a full-time, regular basis can sometimes be a little bit challenging,” Narverud said.
In total across every involved agency, 389 traffic stops were made and 295 traffic tickets issued.
“It was very successful for us,” Narverud said.
Giving tickets, though, was not the only discipline handed out.
“It does help for us to find those cars that may not have the right tags on them because they might have been doing something that they shouldn’t have been doing,” Narverud said.
Sixteen vehicles were impounded, and 13 arrests were made, ranging from warrant arrests to a DUI. One stop resulted in the seizure of 153 grams of ketamine and 2.27 grams of cocaine. Narverud says that the effort was mostly to educate drivers who may have just gotten a little lazy in keeping their tags up to date.
“You never know when you might get into an accident and your stuff needs to be up to date,” Narverud said.
But uncovering those additional crimes is how they help keep the community safe.
“We’re not trying to, you know, catch those who are doing the right thing and punish them. We’re trying to catch those who are doing the wrong thing,” Narverud said.
Narverud says the sheriff is grateful for the work of all agencies involved. She says they plan to have another day like this one in the future and will typically give a notice period ahead of time for you to make sure your tags are up to date beforehand.
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