Context: video aired May 20, 2025.
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The Riley County Police Department (RCPD) shared its arrest and citation information on Friday for its most recent Click it or Ticket campaign.
The RCPD focused on seatbelts, texting and driving, impaired driving and other traffic laws during this year’s enforcement campaign that ran from May 18 to June 2. The department reported that it issued the following:
- 42 speeding citations.
- 10 speeding citations.
- 10 texting while driving citations.
- 33 other citations and arrests.
- 128 vehicle stops during the campaign.
RCPD Director Brian Peete participated in an interview on the 27 News Morning Show in May at the start of the campaign kicked off this year. He said his department had seen an increase in traffic accidents, including preventable accidents in Manhattan.
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“So we have to crack down on those things,” Peete said on the 27 News Morning Show on May 20. “And a lot of community complaints on folks who are driving while they’re on their phone or they’re texting and things of that effect.”
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