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Created: May 18, 2021 08:38 PM
Tuesday morning, Minnesota State Fair Police Chief Paul Paulos wrote an email to State Fair Board members and other officers, telling them he was retiring at the end of the Memorial Day weekend.
Sources told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Paulos wanted improved equipment and better officer training and State Fair management decided to go in another direction and seek an outside law enforcement agency to take over public safety at the fair.
There are dozens of law enforcement officers at the fair each day and the vast majority are off-duty officers from other agencies across the state.
Sources told KSTP that administrators at the fair had asked the Minnesota State Patrol, St. Paul Police and the University of Minnesota Police to take over as the fair s contracted law enforcement agency for the fair s 12-day run in late August and early September. However, all three have declined the offer because they do not have enough officers to handle the fair
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As you can see, many of the counties are in the metro area, as one might expect. No matter where they are, though, law enforcement officers in those counties are providing extra patrols to get drunk drivers off the roads through September of this year.
Driving Drunk is dangerous. Not only could you cause serious injury or death to you, but you could also cause it to someone else. The Minnesota DPS also noted that a first-time DWI can cost you an average of $10,000.
So, as always, plan a sober ride. Whether it is having a designated driver, calling a family member or friend, calling a cab, or ride-share service.
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Today, its focus is in the Rochester area including Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties.
Yesterday, the State Patrol wrote over 225 speeding tickets with extra enforcement on the roads in the Twin Cities Region.
On May 14th, the Minnesota State Patrol issued over 160 speeding tickets, on May 17th they issued over 160 tickets again.
The State Patrol will have extra enforcement in the Mankato and Brainerd regions tomorrow as a part of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety s High Visibility Speed Patrols Focus Traffic Safety Campaign.
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, as of May 12th, there were 56 speed-related deaths compared with 26 this time last year. The speed-related fatalities are the primary contributor to an overall traffic fatality rate that is far exceeding last year and historical averages.