The Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) is conducting a major aerial traffic enforcement detail lasting through the weekend.
WSP’s Air Support Unit will conduct aerial enforcement on the following roadways ahead of the Labor Day holiday, weather permitting:
Thursday, August 31
- I-39 – Portage County
Friday, September 1
- US 12 – Sauk County
Saturday, September 2
- I-41 – Washington County
Sunday, September 3
- I-94 – Eau Claire County
WSP’s Air Support Unit detects speeding and reckless drivers from surveillance overhead. By use of a timing device, pilots can clock target vehicles suspected of traveling at excessive speeds and then call down to waiting ground cars to initiate a traffic stop.