Ashland Police Dept
In 2014, Ashland Police Department administration enacted policy prohibiting Ashland police officers from conduct- ing traffic enforcement on U.S. Highway 63 which travels through the city limits of Ashland, Missouri. In May of 2020, the prohibition against traffic enforcement on U.S. Highway 63 was lifted, which resulted in a substantial shift in where traffic enforcement contacts were made compared to the previous 5.5 years. Ashland is equidistant between Columbia, Missouri and Jefferson City, Missouri, thus the vast majority of traffic enforcement contacts made along U.S. Highway 63 by Ashland Police represents motorists who are traveling through Ashland, Missouri. Our primary focus on U.S. Highway 63 are hazardous moving violations, particularly excessive speed (at least 15 over the speed limit).