The Central Oregon Multi-Agency Traffic Team (MATT), alongside the Oregon State Police High-Visibility Enforcement Unit, will conduct a coordinated traffic safety operation throughout Deschutes County from July 16 through July 18. The three-day effort will focus on speed-related violations and DUII deterrence, detection, and arrests.
All six member agencies of the Central Oregon MATT—Bend Police Department, Black Butte Ranch Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Redmond Police Department, Sunriver Police Department, and Oregon State Police–Bend Command—will be focusing on different regions of the county each day:
• July 16: South County
• July 17: Central and East County
• July 18: North and West County
Additional officers, deputies, and troopers will be on roadways across Deschutes County looking for traffic violations and traffic crimes commonly associated with fatal and serious-injury crashes. These focus areas are summarized in the SOLID acronym: Speed, Occupant protection, Lane departure, Impairment, and Distracted driving.
“Central Oregon is a beautiful place to live and visit,” said Black Butte Ranch Chief of Police Todd Rich. “We want everyone to enjoy all that Central Oregon has to offer. Please slow down and do not drive impaired, help all roadway users make it to their ultimate destination and home again.”
The Central Oregon MATT reminds residents and visitors to slow down, phones down, buckle up, and never drive impaired. MATT’s July emphasis on speed enforcement supports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) nationwide Speed Enforcement Campaign, running July 6–31.
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