The “Rolling Thunder Taskforce” kicked off the effort Friday with a news conference at the Russell Parkway bridge over I-75 and a motorcade to announce three-month crackdown on drunk drivers, illegal speeders and unbelted motorists.
According to the office, Houston County ranks among the state’s “Deadly Dozen List” of Georgia counties with abnormally high occurrences of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities. The county has reported higher than average fatality crashes this year, and the 90-day objective is to make Middle Georgia a safer place to drive, according to a news release.
The taskforce will deploy a combined operation of about 100 Houston County Sheriff’s deputies and officers from Perry, Warner Robins and Centerville police departments; local law enforcement agencies from the Middle Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network supported by a force from Georgia State Patrol Troop G and Department of Public Safety Motor Carrier Compliance Division and a contingent of GOHS H.E.A.T. Units from Walton, Paulding, Douglas, Barrow and Bibb county sheriff’s offices and Dublin, Winder and Henry county police departments.
The Middle Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network will set up headquarters at the Centerville Police Department.
Motorists in Houston County and Middle Georgia can expect high visibility speed and DUI enforcement this weekend with:
° concentrated patrols checking for speeders on I-75, U.S. 41 and U.S. 129;
° patrols on state and county roads from Perry to Warner Robins and Centerville on U.S. 341, Ga. 11 and Ga. 26;
° sobriety checkpoints at night looking for drunk drivers; and
° safety belt road checks to check for seat belt violators.
For more information on the taskforce, contact GOHS Law Enforcement Coordinator Powell Harralson at 912-313-1581 or pharrelson@gohs.ga.gov, or Capt. Roger Hayes, MGTEN coordinator at the Centerville Police Department at 478-808-3426 or rhayes1@windstream.net.
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