Highway 161/61 Traffic Enforcement Project
Date: 09/23/19
Contacts: Lieutenant Marty Steil, (563) 589-4439
Assistant Chief Jeremy Jensen, (563) 589-4444
On 09/17/19, the Dubuque Police Department and the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department conducted a joint traffic enforcement project on Highways 151 and 61 west of Dubuque. The project focused on interrupting the trafficking of drugs into and through Dubuque by utilizing both department’s K-9 units in conjunction with enforcing traffic violations along both highways.
The results of the project are as follows:
Traffic citations:
Speed - 32
No insurance - 4
Window tint - 3
No registration - 1
K-9 deployments: One deployment with positive indications.