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DMV enforcement unit reports more than 10,000 commercial inspections and expanded work‑zone enforcement

Senate Committee on Transportation · March 31, 2026
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The DMV’s enforcement director told the Senate Transportation Committee his unit set a goal of 5,432 commercial vehicle inspections and completed 10,219; staff also described work‑zone enforcement, a K9 program expansion and an identity‑theft investigation.

Wade Cochran, Director of Enforcement and Safety at the Department of Motor Vehicles, told the Senate Transportation Committee that his investigators and uniform teams greatly exceeded an internal inspection goal this year.

Cochran said the enforcement unit had set a goal of 5,432 commercial motor vehicle inspections but completed 10,219 inspections. He added that 331 of those were hazardous‑material checks and 184 were bus inspections. “Their goal was 5,432... but they actually inspected 10,219,” Cochran…

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