MASON, Mich. (WLNS) – Ingham County deputies have a short lived method to issuing site visitors cease citations. When you occur to get pulled over throughout the subsequent few weeks, it will not be all unhealthy information.
The Ingham County Honest begins July 28, and to help the occasion, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace and different native police departments are freely giving extra than simply site visitors tickets. When you get pulled over, you could be given free tickets to the truthful.
Andy Daenzer is the captain for the Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace and hopes that the non permanent addition to site visitors stops can brighten somebody’s day.
“We think it’s kind of a fun thing, a good way to support the fair and just a good way hopefully to put a smile on someone’s face,” stated Daenzer. “In any case, where they’re going to give a verbal warning, they may give you a ticket to the fair instead of a ticket!”
Site visitors stops with a twist. The sheriff’s workplace advises individuals to all the time drive safely and understands that being pulled over could be anxiety-inducing.
“We realize that traffic stops can be stressful, but we’re going to be stopping for good reasons and then hopefully give some breaks and some tickets to the fair,” stated Daenzer.
Turning a disturbing expertise right into a optimistic one. The thought for this got here after Lindsey McKeever, the fairgrounds occasions director, took inspiration from the same method.
“It’s similar to what they do around Thanksgiving with the turkey,” stated McKeever. “If you get pulled over around Thanksgiving, you might get a turkey.”
McKeever stated that when the concept popped into her head, her coworker referred to as the sheriff’s workplace, and so they beloved it.
“We’re really excited about our partnership with the sheriff’s office and some other local police departments to give people some tickets,” stated McKeever. “It’s a great opportunity for community policing, and it’s just a cool idea [to] get more people involved and more people excited about the fair.”
Daenzer says that Thanksgiving with a Turkey leaves a optimistic impression on the neighborhood, and feels that freely giving county truthful tickets will do the identical.
“It generally leaves a good feeling for them when they’ve left,” stated Daenzer. “Hopefully, no matter they did to get stopped within the first place, they study from it. It is only a warning on that, and hopefully they get to go benefit from the truthful.”
The sheriff’s workplace advises individuals to all the time drive safely, and individuals are not pulled over randomly simply to be given tickets.
“The only negativity we had was concern that we were going to stop people for no reason and give these out. And that’s not the case. We would never stop anyone on a traffic stop without a valid reason, such as some civil infraction,” stated Daenzer.
The Ingham County truthful begins July 28 and concludes on Aug. 2.
