Traffic patrols cost $344,000

DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office traffic policing cost $344,329.80 from July through September, according to a report presented Monday, Oct. 19, to county commissioners.

Deputies logged 2,816 hours of traffic patrol duty and drove 93,368 miles during the quarter, according to an Oct. 10 report signed by Sheriff Gabe Gants.

Deputies made 30 arrests (many by citation), issued 89 traffic tickets and issued 304 verbal warnings, the report showed.

Warning stops averaged a half-hour traffic tickets 45 minutes. Criminal citations generally took three hours.

In addition to patrol duty, disp...