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Police describe three incidents where vehicles struck homes; council hears enforcement plan

Perry City Council · August 6, 2025
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Chief Jim Archer told the council three residences were struck in the past 18 months—two involved impaired drivers late at night and one was linked to a medical event—and said the department will use speed trailers, a portable speed sign and upcoming traffic-enforcement grant hours to increase citations.

Perry’s police chief told the council the city has recorded three recent incidents in which vehicles struck houses and outlined steps the department is taking to reduce speeding in residential neighborhoods.

Chief Jim Archer said two of the incidents occurred after midnight and involved impaired drivers in their late teens or early 20s; a third incident on Willis was attributed to a medical event that may have been a…

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