The Ocala Police Department has conducted over 14,000 traffic stops through the first half of 2025, continuing a trend every two weeks of performing more 1,000.
During Tuesday’s Ocala City Council meeting, OPD Chief Mike Balken shared a brief update on the city’s traffic statistics to date.
As has been common throughout 2025, Balken says his officers once again outpaced their traffic stop figures from 2024 over the last two weeks…