{"id":209712,"date":"2026-03-18T11:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209712\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:53:16","slug":"el-paso-police-issue-11k-citations-during-6-week-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209712\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Police issue 11K citations during 6-week campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KTSM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 The El Paso Police Department issued more than 11,000 citations during a six-week Traffic Safety Blitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the 45-day enforcement period from Jan. 1 to Feb. 15, El Paso Police issued 11,378 citations \u201cto help keep our roads safe,\u201d El Paso Police said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9c5e4249cd8b8cb5f4eb95d48c333f6a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here is a breakdown:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">6,301 citations issued for hazardous violations. These are moving violations that put others at risk, including speeding, running red lights and reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">5,004 citations issued for non-hazardous violations. These are administrative or equipment violations like expired registration, license or vehicle issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">3,357 warnings. Drivers were stopped and educated without receiving a citation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">73 Class C misdemeanors. These are more serious misdemeanors under Texas law.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the campaign was done to help keep the El Paso community safer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 The El Paso Police Department issued more than 11,000 citations during a six-week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[82223,82222,138,140,139,1785,2263,27],"class_list":["post-209712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-citations","tag-citations-issued","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-police","tag-el-paso-police-department","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}