Aerial enforcement blitz taking place in Wisconsin through Sunday

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.