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TRUCKS' INSPECTIONS * USA / Canada Border - Interpol inspect trucks for hazardous waste
Buffalo,NY,USA -Associated Press/WCAX -September 25, 2009: -- New York environmental officials, working with Canadian authorities and Interpol, identified 140 violations during a crackdown on trucks carrying hazardous waste across the northern border... The agencies inspected 350 trucks over two days earlier this week. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation focused on trucks entering the country at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo and Lewiston-Queenston Bridge north of Buffalo while Canadian agencies checked truckers across the border. Interpol provided secure police communication channels, access to databases and analytical support... Interpol says it's the first time it's coordinated such an operation... Inspectors were testing vehicle emissions and looking for signs of leaking chemical, industrial or other waste... (Photo from le-inc.com)
* USA - TACT program targets truck tailgaters
Gadsden,AL,USA -The Gadsden Times, by Lisa Rogers -September 25, 2009: -- State troopers will be targeting trucks and cars on Interstate 59, U.S. Highways 431 and 411 and Alabama Highway 77 as part of Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, known as TACT... The goal of the public safety initiative is to focus on safety in and around commercial vehicles... Lt. George Thorpe, of the Alabama State Troopers based in Gadsden, said troopers will have special patrols in areas with a lot of truck traffic. The program is expected to continue periodically through the end of the year... (Image from media.photobucket: State trooper Alabama)
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