Law enforcement officers from three local agencies are riding along with Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. students on buses heading back to the first day of school Wednesday, looking for stop-arm violators.
Officers from the Columbus Police Department, deputies from the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department and troopers from the Indiana State Police will be on buses on selected routes starting very early this morning watching for motorists who ignore stop arms and drive around buses loading or unloading BCSC students.
It’s the first time the three agencies have teamed up on the first day of school for this type of enforcement, said Capt. Dave Steinkoenig, sheriff’s department road division commander.
Additional officers will be patrolling nearby so that when the law enforcement officer on a BCSC bus reports a stop arm violation, along with the violator’s vehicle description, the vehicle can be stopped quickly.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
