Operation SafeDRIVE 2023

Kentucky State Police to Participate in Operation SafeDRIVE Safety Effort to Help Prevent Commercial Motor Vehicle-related Crashes

FRANKFORT, KY — Kentucky State Police (KSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement will participate in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Operation SafeDRIVE (Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement) from October 3-5. This enforcement campaign targets unsafe driving behavior that often leads to crashes involving passenger cars and commercial vehicles. It complements national efforts to educate all drivers on safely sharing roads with large trucks.

Police Department (MPD) identify Safety Checkpoint Locations in Manchester, KY

MANCHESTER, KY - The Manchester Police Department (MPD) is reporting that, from Sunday, October 1st through Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, MPD will be conducting road safety checkpoints throughout the city limits of Manchester.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron

Attorney General Cameron Fights for Kentucky Coal, Urges Public Service Commission to keep Coal Plants Operating

FRANKFORT, Ky. (October 2, 2023) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron opposed a request to retire four Kentucky coal-fired power plants and largely replace them with high-cost and unreliable renewable sources. The proposal would severely reduce the reliability of Kentucky's power grid, raise utility rates, and kill jobs across the Commonwealth.

U.S. Attorney’s Office Targets Straw Purchasers of Firearms, Including Man Who Illegally Purchased the Handgun Used To Kill 6-Year-Old Chicago Girl

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Friday, September 29, 2023) - Eric Lamar Keys, Jr., 25, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. He is the latest of several defendants to be federally prosecuted for gun trafficking offenses as the U.S. Attorney’s Office partners with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and other federal, state and local law enforcement partners, to target illegal sources of guns used in crime.

Manchester, Kentucky man Charged on Parole Violation Warrant during Complaint Investigation in Laurel County

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that Deputy Daniel Reed arrested a Manchester, KY man on Sunday, October 1, 2023 in East Bernstadt after Deputy Reed received a complaint of a male subject having pried open a fence causing substantial damage to the fence and then approaching a residence and banging on the door.

Secretary of State Michael Adams

KENTUCKY SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM DOUBLES NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Adams Announces New Safe at Home Explainer Video

FRANKFORT, KY (October 2, 2023) – Secretary of State Michael Adams announced the number of participants in the Kentucky Safe at Home program has doubled since the bolstered address confidentiality program for domestic abuse survivors went into effect in June.

 

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