Jasper, Alabama Speed Traps

Trooper will sit near farm area, obscured by enough trees on a winding road so that you won’t see him until you are on him. The road is supposedly 35, but the cop is sitting literally between cow farms and rural nothingness. No one goes 35…they always go 45-55 throughout this area. A couple miles west on same road goes up “officially” to 45, but be warned…you can’t talk your way out of this. It’s a speed trap and a new one, as I’ve driven this way for nearly a decade and only now see this. When I headed back the same way later in the day the trooper was back in the same spot, waiting for his next victim. I also saw people ahead of me going over 35 on my way back and he let them drive by. So he is clearly randomly pulling people over, likely at semi-random intervals to not make the speedtrap look too suspicious/lucrative.

Since David O’Mary was elected Jasper,AL. has become a prime example of robbing the taxpayers by using law enforcement. It appears since the last mayoral election the sole purpose of Jasper P.D. is to generate revenue by being nothing more than badge wearing armed robbers. So sad. At one point it appeared that Jasper might be growing into a viable city with industry and the jobs industry brings with it. Not many people want to come to a city to work and get their pockets picked by police. Use extreme caution passing through this area. J.P.D. uses a charcoal gray 2017 or 2018 Impala with blacked out windows and no markings for speed trap duties.

An extremely long stretch of road with 45 mph speed limit. The city of Jasper should be ashamed.

As of today May 23,2013 all schools in this county are out until fall. The speed trap disguised as a school zone is non-enforceable until school resumes. Last year I called the state hwy. dept. and told them schools were out and that I was waiting to see how long it took to shut-off the signals before I phoned the local t.v. news station. The signals were off the next day! Have to stay on them all the time around here.

As of June or July of 2012 the Walker County Sheriffs Dept. installed radar units in approximately 2/3 of their patrol cars. Walker County has never to my knowledge (I’ve lived here over 42 years) had radar in their units. You’d think with all the drug crimes,property crimes,etc.,etc. they wouldn’t have time to"play highway patrol". When citizens in the rural parts of the county leave home each day to go to work they shouldn’t have to worry that the deputies are too busy writing speeding tickets to patrol and keep an eye on their property. Beware of ALL law enforcement vehicles in Walker County.