County and state operation removes unsafe commercial vehicles; deputies report arrests and fines

Captain Jason Kennedy described a commercial vehicle operation conducted Feb. 5 that targeted oversized and unsafe heavy vehicles passing through Castle Pines. He told the council "they took 5 vehicles out of service, and we actually arrested 1 guy on a felony warrant in a auto theft form," and said overweight vehicles were among those removed from the road.

Kennedy reported that the operation processed dozens of vehicles and resulted in overweight citations; he said one overweight vehicle measured about 33,000 (pounds) and that the resulting fine (reported in the meeting transcript as $1,400) would be remitted to Castle Pines. Kennedy said the county works with Colorado State Patrol on these operations and expects to run at least two more similar events. He cautioned that transcript figures appear inconsistent in places (the presenter referenced both "24 inspections" and elsewhere a larger violations count); those numbers are reported here as stated by the presenter and should be verified against the department's written after-action report.