Advisory: Governor's Highway Safety Office to Kick off Cumberland Crackdown

NASHVILLE - The Governor's Highway Safety Office will join 23 law enforcement agencies Wednesday, December 31 at noon to announce the 12 hour Cumberland Crackdown, one of the largest enforcement events in Tennessee. Law enforcement agencies focus their efforts on Highway 127 (SR28) and State Route 111. Both highways intersect in Pickett County at the Kentucky border and cross the Cumberland Plateau before ending in Hamilton County. The Cumberland Crackdown will begin at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 31 and last until 2:00 a.m. Thursday, January 1. During that time law enforcement agencies will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints along the length of these roadways.

 

 

WHO:             Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock, Sequatchie County

                     Capt. David Allred, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Cookeville District 6

                     Clint Shrum, Law Enforcement Liaison, Governor's Highway Safety Office

 

WHAT:           Cumberland Crackdown Kick-off Event

 

WHEN:            Wednesday, December 31, 2008

                  12:00 p.m. CST

 

WHERE:         Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office

                     351 Fredonia Road

                 Dunlap, Tennessee 37327

                                   

Julie Oaks                                                                 Kendell Poole
TDOT Public Information Officer                                  Director, Governor's Highway Safety Office  
615-741-9930                                                           615-741-2589
Julie.A.Oaks@state.tn.us