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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT
Department at a Glance
The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Department includes one sergeant and one patrol officer. The
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement budget increased 4.37% due to a merit adjustment, certification
increases and increased fuel costs.
Key Goals and Objectives
Goal 1
Reduce truck route violations by 20%.
Objectives:
• Officers will work details specifically related to truck route laws within the city.
• Officers will work with city departments to update truck route signage and update the city
website identifying illegal truck routes.
Goal 2
Reduce aggressive cars and trucks by 10% utilizing Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance guidelines.
Objectives:
• Create details to enforce reckless driving violations around commercial vehicles by passenger
vehicles.
• Targeted enforcement to enforce reckless acts by commercial vehicles around other traffic.
Goal 3
Increase compliance of Texas size, weight and securement laws by 10% to ensure CMV safety and
roadway preservation within the city limits.
Objectives:
• Targeted enforcement of aggregate haulers (rock, dirt, etc.) traveling within the city limits.
• Enforcement operations focused on securement of payloads on designated roads with heavy truck
traffic.
Performance Objectives
• Reduce truck route violations by 20%.
• Reduce aggressive cars and trucks driving by 10%.
• Increase compliance of Texas size, weight and securement laws by 10% to ensure CMV safety
and roadway preservation within the city limits.
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