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October 9, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
Through his work to ensure safe travel by commercial vehicles, Officer Mike Dees with our Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD) embodies ADOT's commitment to safely connecting people while empowering the state's economy.
March 6, 2024 | News/Press Release
Annual operation set for March 19-20 includes ADOT, AZDPS
More than 50 personnel from ADOT, AZDPS and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will conduct an annual concentrated commercial vehicle safety enforcement detail as part of the Arizona Commercial Vehicle Safety Partnership.
February 12, 2024 | News/Press Release
Enforcement and Compliance Division receives nearly $70,000 for efforts
ADOT's Enforcement and Compliance Division protects Arizona’s transportation infrastructure and promotes road safety through the inspection of commercial vehicles at the state’s ports of entry and mobile inspection stations.
November 8, 2023 | News/Press Release
Officers work throughout the state to combat illegal use of tax-exempt diesel
A team of ADOT law enforcement officers has won a national honor for its efforts to make sure only eligible vehicles use tax-exempt diesel reserved for use off of state highways.
August 24, 2022 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Enforcement and Compliance Division and the Department of Public Safety want to remind commercial vehicle drivers to make sure their brakes are properly working during Brake for Safety Week Aug. 21-27.
June 17, 2022 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications
We’re thankful for our Enforcement and Compliance Division officers making key traffic stops in addition to their primary duties of enforcing commercial vehicle regulations to help keep motorists safe.
June 14, 2022 | News/Press Release
KINGMAN – Last week, the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Enforcement and Compliance Division arrested a commercial vehicle driver after finding nearly 200 pounds of cocaine in the truck when he attempted to bypass the Topock Port of Entry.
On June 6, an ADOT officer made a traffic stop on a commercial vehicle for bypassing the Topock Port of Entry on I-40 near the California state line. The officer escorted the truck back to the port of entry for a commercial vehicle inspection.
December 23, 2021 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety are entering into an agreement to streamline and enhance commercial vehicle enforcement at Arizona’s ports-of-entry located at interstate and international borders.
Under this partnership, 89 sworn ADOT Enforcement officers and 49 non-sworn personnel will be assigned to the DPS Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Task Force on a full-time basis. This will enhance officer safety as well as increase efficiency and operational consistency for both agencies.
August 5, 2021 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – After wandering across both directions of Interstate 40 on foot and into the eastbound facility of the Topock Port of Entry this past spring, an impaired commercial driver was taken into custody after an ADOT Enforcement and Compliance officer recognized the signs and symptoms of impairment thanks to DUI training.
February 1, 2021 | News/Press Release
December 16, 2020 | News/Press Release
June 24, 2020 | News/Press Release
January 31, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications
By pledging to work with the U.S. Department of Transportation and other transportation agencies across the country, we reaffirm our commitment to ending human trafficking.
August 8, 2019 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – A group dedicated to law enforcement coordination between Arizona and Sonora has honored the director of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Enforcement and Compliance Division for promoting international partnership and trade through initiatives such as first-of-its-kind safety training offered to truckers and companies in Mexico.
July 24, 2019 | Blog Articles
By Captain Leah Ray / ADOT Enforcement and Compliance Division
Members of ADOT's Enforcement and Compliance Division recently volunteered their time at homeless outreach event in Peoria.
July 23, 2019 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – Two years after launching a first-of-its-kind truck safety training program for drivers and companies in Mexico, the Arizona Department of Transportation has added refresher instruction for those who have been through the program.
July 16, 2019 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
Do you know what red-dyed diesel is? Because using it in a vehicle that will drive on the highway is a crime and you can help stop that.
February 6, 2019 | News/Press Release
Arizona Department of Transportation officers aided by one of the agency’s K-9 units seized more than a half ton of marijuana Wednesday evening from a fake delivery van spotted on Interstate 15 in far northwestern Arizona.
January 10, 2019 | News/Press Release
Whether it’s encouraging MVD’s 850 office employees to participate in #WearBlueDay or having K-9 units on the lookout for human trafficking victims at commercial ports of entry, ADOT works throughout the year to help combat this increasingly urgent problem.
October 10, 2018 | News/Press Release
At Arizona Department of Transportation commercial ports of entry near California and New Mexico, K-9 units are trained to identify not only evidence of illegal drugs but human cargo that can include victims of human trafficking. Lieutenants overseeing these ports have training on identifying warning signs of human trafficking, such as unusual tattoos, an unwillingness to speak up and carrying large amounts of cash without explanation.
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