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Weddington deputy reports traffic‑enforcement detail yielded about 49 citations on Jan. 8
Summary
A sheriff's deputy told the council that targeted traffic saturation on Jan. 8 produced roughly 50 traffic stops and 49 citations, including 37 speeding tickets; deputies will continue efforts and two new deputies are expected to be on patrol by March.
At the Weddington Town Council meeting the town’s public‑safety representative reported an uptick in proactive traffic enforcement and summarized monthly call data.
The deputy said the department conducted a targeted traffic saturation on Jan. 8 focused on sections of Providence Road. That operation produced roughly 49 citations, about 50 traffic stops and 37 speeding tickets during the detail, which ran several hours starting in the early morning. The deputy characterized the campaign as an intelligence‑driven saturation to change patterns of reckless driving and called on residents to provide times and locations where they would like concentrated enforcement.
The deputy also reviewed comparative monthly statistics: hang‑ups rose (the exact month‑to‑month counts were stated on the record), accidents including serious‑injury crashes decreased versus the prior month, and alarms and calls increased. He said two new deputies are in training and should be "boots on the ground by March" and encouraged residents to report suspicious vehicles (including unmarked cars) and to use the town’s app and neighborhood platforms when unsure about an emergency vehicle.
The council thanked the sheriff’s deputy for the briefing and urged residents to flag specific problem locations to guide future saturation operations.
