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Oakdale Ranks 48 in Twin Cities for Speeding Tickets Issued Per Capita

WCCO-TV ranked 78 Twin Cities-area police departments on the number of speeding tickets per capita issued in 2011. Oakdale ranked 48th.

 

WCCO-TV ranked 78 Twin Cities-area police departments on the number of speeding tickets per capita issued in 2011.

Oakdale ranked 48th.

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According to WCCO's numbers, the Oakdale Police Department issued 553 speeding tickets in 2011—a per capita breakdown of 0.02.

In case you were wondering, the Washington County Sheriff's Office ranked No. 72 of the 78 departments.

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Map Legend

  • Green pins: 0 to 500 tickets
  • Yellow pins: 500 to 1,500 tickets
  • Red pins: 1,500 or more tickets

Police departments that cover multiple cities have a pin in each of the cities they cover. Sheriff’s offices, state patrol, park police, University of Minnesota police and airport police are not shown.

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