Kansas City, Missouri police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers spent Wednesday on patrol focused on trash trucks in Kansas City.The law enforcement effort near Interstate 70 and Manchester Trafficway specifically looked for trash spilling from the back of semi-trailers, just months after a KMBC 9 investigation into the problem.Kansas City Police commercial vehicle enforcement officer Matt Phelps said he took two trash trucks out of service for unsecured loads Wednesday.“I think it’s important for us as commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers to help enforce those laws to make sure that they’re held accountable,” Phelps said.KMBC followed Phelps as he inspected a truck with trash spilling over the side. Phelps gave the truck’s company, Atomic Transportation, a violation for leaking and spilling cargo.“As drivers, we don’t want to see trash coming out,” the truck driver told Phelps.“And definitely, as a law enforcement officer, we don’t want to see that either we’re trying to keep the city beautiful,” Phelps said.An email to an Atomic Transportation representative Wednesday was not immediately returned.The Missouri Department of Transportation recently requested an enforcement effort from the Missouri State Highway Patrol after receiving multiple complaints about trucks, according to MSHP Troop A Sergeant Andy Bell. MSHP Corporal Jerod Crump said most trucks he pulled over Wednesday seemed to have tarps that covered their loads well.But, he said companies and drivers must take accountability for securing their loads.“Plastic sheeting, cardboard, anything that comes out of the truck can be distracting to drivers as they go down the highway,” he said.To see more of KMBC’s original investigation into a Dirty Kansas City, click here.
Kansas City, Missouri police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers spent Wednesday on patrol focused on trash trucks in Kansas City.
The law enforcement effort near Interstate 70 and Manchester Trafficway specifically looked for trash spilling from the back of semi-trailers, just months after a KMBC 9 investigation into the problem.
Kansas City Police commercial vehicle enforcement officer Matt Phelps said he took two trash trucks out of service for unsecured loads Wednesday.
“I think it’s important for us as commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers to help enforce those laws to make sure that they’re held accountable,” Phelps said.
KMBC followed Phelps as he inspected a truck with trash spilling over the side. Phelps gave the truck’s company, Atomic Transportation, a violation for leaking and spilling cargo.
“As drivers, we don’t want to see trash coming out,” the truck driver told Phelps.
“And definitely, as a law enforcement officer, we don’t want to see that either we’re trying to keep the city beautiful,” Phelps said.
An email to an Atomic Transportation representative Wednesday was not immediately returned.
The Missouri Department of Transportation recently requested an enforcement effort from the Missouri State Highway Patrol after receiving multiple complaints about trucks, according to MSHP Troop A Sergeant Andy Bell.
MSHP Corporal Jerod Crump said most trucks he pulled over Wednesday seemed to have tarps that covered their loads well.
But, he said companies and drivers must take accountability for securing their loads.
“Plastic sheeting, cardboard, anything that comes out of the truck can be distracting to drivers as they go down the highway,” he said.
To see more of KMBC’s original investigation into a Dirty Kansas City, click here.
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