LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department said deputies pulled over nearly 100 drivers in the first week of November, a return to traffic duty in Louisville for a law enforcement group under new leadership.
Traditionally, in downtown Louisville, a big part of a sheriff’s deputy’s day was serving court papers or providing security in courtrooms. In fact, before Sheriff David James took over earlier this year, current patrol cars weren’t equipped with radar units. But now, drivers are seeing those familiar brown sheriff’s cruisers — lights flashing — making traffic stops across Jefferson County.
All that changed earlier this month, when the department conducted a small-scale traffic enforcement test…