LCPD's Traffic Unit issued 54 citations during a one-hour operation held Tuesday, Nov. 4, along U.S. Highway 70.
The Las Cruces Police Department’s Traffic Unit issued 54 citations during a one-hour enforcement operation Tuesday on U.S. Highway 70.
The 54 citations included 26 for motorists exceeding the posted speed limit, 14 to drivers without proper registration and eight for driving with no proof of insurance.
Five citations were issued for operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license and one was for using a cell phone while driving.
The traffic enforcement operation was held from 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, on Highway 70 westbound near Rinconada Boulevard. The Las Cruces Police Department will likely hold similar traffic enforcement operations in the coming weeks.

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