Enforcement

State of the Art

Work zone trained and qualified, full-time uniformed police officers are readily available for construction and maintenance operations. State-of-the-art technology is used to maximize effectiveness of these police officers.

To achieve state-of-the-art enforcement, transportation agencies would need to:

• Utilize uniformed police officers in all work zones on high-speed, high-volume facilities, as well as those involving lane and ramp closures, severely restricted areas, and where major changes to existing traffic patterns result.
  
• Provide training for uniformed police officers in work zone traffic control, completing work zone data on state accident/crash report forms, the MUTCD, and incident management.
  
• Secure dedicated, full-time uniformed police officers for work zone enforcement activities.
  
• Use automated speed enforcement in confined and high-speed work zones.
  
• Equip uniformed police officers with state-of-the-art equipment for use in controlling speed, and investigating/reporting crashes.