Crime & Safety
MSP Targets Speeding Drivers On I-696
Called "Operation Eastside," Michigan State Police troopers are on alert in Macomb County.
MACOMB COUNTY, MI — Heads up, drivers: Michigan State Police are keeping an eye out in a very specific location of Metro Detroit.
Troopers are set up in Macomb County looking for speeding and aggressive drivers. They said on Twitter on Wednesday morning that they would be carrying out extra enforcement in a specific zone in Macomb County.
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"Today we are conducting Operation Eastside, which is extra enforcement in the area of I-696 between Hoover and I-94 starting at 11 AM," the tweet said. " This is one of many details focusing on high crash areas and public complaints about speed and aggressive drivers."
MSP routinely holds enforcements like this throughout Metro Detroit.
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