{"id":785064,"date":"2026-05-09T20:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:59:19","slug":"mcso-speed-enforcement-on-riggs-road-leads-to-69-stops-and-2-dui-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785064\/","title":{"rendered":"MCSO speed enforcement on Riggs Road leads to 69 stops and 2 DUI arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUN LAKES, AZ \u2014 A 12-day enforcement blitz on Riggs Road near Alma School produced dozens of traffic stops, multiple arrests and a question neighbors are still asking: does it last?<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies conducted saturation patrols from April 17 through April 29, pulling over 69 drivers along the stretch of road.<\/p>\n<p>Of those stops:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1.5rem; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important;\">\n<li>41\u00a0drivers\u00a0received\u00a0civil\u00a0speed\u00a0citations<\/li>\n<li>4\u00a0faced\u00a0criminal\u00a0speed\u00a0charges<\/li>\n<li>2\u00a0were\u00a0cited\u00a0for\u00a0aggressive\u00a0driving<\/li>\n<li>12\u00a0received\u00a0written\u00a0warnings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three crashes involving injuries were recorded during that same period. Two drivers were arrested for DUI, one classified as aggravated and the other a drug-related DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors who had been pushing for increased enforcement for months offered mixed reactions. Some said they noticed a difference. Others said they were still waiting to see it.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office called the results proof that coordinated enforcement works.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the area can request additional patrols through the Sheriff&#8217;s Office website or social media.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/liveplayerbanner1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUN LAKES, AZ \u2014 A 12-day enforcement blitz on Riggs Road near Alma School produced dozens of traffic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":785065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-785064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116546631910291423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}