LPD Releases Distracted Driving Enforcement Results | 2025

Published on May 23, 2025

The Lincoln Police Department today released the results of a traffic enforcement project in April that focused on distracted driving. The project was part of the national “U Drive, U Text, U Pay” safety initiative in which officers worked overtime to identify speed and red traffic signal violations, the top two traffic infractions committed by distracted drivers.

This project made possible by a grant from our safety partners at the Nebraska Department of Transportation-Highway Safety Office. Results below do not include citations written by officers during normal shifts.

Total results are as follows:

Traffic Stops                                                400
Citations  498
Warnings  92


Individual warnings and citations are as follows:

Official Speeding Citations                      198
Speeding Warnings   12
Traffic Signal Citations   16
Stop Sign Citations   10
Stop Sign Warnings   4
Seatbelt Citations   50
Child Seatbelt Citations   2
Seat Belt Warnings   3
No Insurance Citations   34
No Insurance Warnings   6
No Registration Citations   116
No Registration Warnings   25
Other Traffic Citations   56
Other Traffic Warnings   42
Driving Under Suspension   12
Criminal Arrests   3
Warrant Arrests   6
Driving Under the Influence   1

 

Media Contact

  • Erika Thomas, Public Information Office, 402-805-7469

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