The Lake Tapawingo cop (they only have one) likes to harass motorists on US 40, usually on the eastbound side. He has a grey Dodge Charger and he usually parks in the entrance to Blue Springs Lake (on the south side of US 40), but I have also seen him parked in the driveway of the electrical substation that is a little bit east of there (south side), or next to the cars for sale at Asset Auto (north side). I see him more often at night. He may be working the westbound side during the day, but I don’t know that for sure.

Lake Tapawingo annexed this part of US 40 about a year ago, purely for revenue purposes. After they annexed it, they started enforcing a 45 MPH speed limit, even though it was posted for 55 MPH. Once this made the front page of the Kansas City Star, MoDOT came out and hung up a 55 MPH sign at the new city limits.