County officials ask for more truck enforcement officers
Kristen Jones
Farmer Staff Writer
The McKenzie County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has asked Sheriff Matthew Johansen to put a renewed effort into allocating personnel and resources to enforce trucking laws within the county.
While Johansen said they have one person within the department who is thinking about becoming a truck enforcement officer, at this time there are less than three officers whose primary duty is truck enforcement.
“It has been a while since we have had an adequate number of truck enforcement officers,” said BOCC Vice-Chair Joel Brown. “In my mind it would be ideal to have something like five truck enforcement officers out there consistently so they (the people not following the set regulations) can be deterred.”
Johansen agreed that five officers would be ideal, since no one can be on duty all of the time. He also explained that because of the size of the county, there needs to be more officers enforcing the trucking laws to adequately cover the area within the county.
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