The city of Damascus on Wednesday asked a prosecutor for relief from traffic-patrol sanctions that took effect almost one year ago.
City Attorney Beau Wilcox noted in a letter to Prosecuting Attorney Luke Ferugson that the original order said the city could request relief a year after they took effect. That date will be May 10.
Ferguson’s predecessor, Cody Hiland, found that Damascus was operating a speed trap and ordered the town to quit patrolling U.S. 65 and a state highway running through the town that lies in Faulkner and Van Buren counties. Without relief, the sanctions won’t end until the end of this year.
Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.