Motor
Transportation Police Division
Programs
Accomplishments
- MTPD Rocking and Rolling Toll Free, Unsecured Load Hotline 1-866-630-5623.
- Size and weight non-compliance rate
has decreased during the period from 1992 to 2000.
- All
shipments to the WIPP site have been inspected by CVSA Enhanced Certified
MTPD personnel.
- MTPD successfully obtained grant funding from the Traffic
Safety Bureau to fund overtime for Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program (STEP) relating to CMV enforcement operations along Interstate
10 and Interstate 40.
- MTPD is participating nationally as 1 of only 6
states to pilot a risk-based approach to prioritize commercial vehicle
crash issues for the United States Department of Transportation.
- MTPD
CVSA driver/vehicle safety inspections increased by 8.5% (47,528
to 51,610).
- Inspector David Abeita was named International Grand Champion
during the North American Inspector Championship held in August 2000.
- Commercial
Motor Vehicle out-of-service rate has decreased 17% from 1997 to
2000.
- Driver out-of-service rate has decreased 30% from 1997 to 2000.
- MTPD
drug interdiction efforts have seized 4510 pounds of marijuana, 1
pound of cocaine, and 1 methamphetamine lab.
- MTPD canine teams assisted
various other law enforcement agencies in the seizure of 1308 pounds
of marijuana, 2 ounces of heroin, 4.4 pounds of cocaine, and 5 pounds
of methamphetamine.

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