Traffic trailer set up at Hwy 83 and Northgate vandalized

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspects who tried to destroy a SMART traffic trailer that was set up north of Colorado Springs.

According to the sheriff’s office, the radar trailer was set up on May 2, and when authorities checked on it on May 7, they found it had been vandalized and significantly damaged.

The trailer was set up as part of the sheriff’s office’s Targeted Traffic Enforcement. We reported earlier this month that the EPCSO is stepping up its traffic enforcement around Colorado Springs.

No suspects have been identified yet, but any tips leading to an arrest could get you a $1,000 reward from the sheriff’s office.

EPCSO said the extent of the damages included:
Two slashed tires
Two tail lights broken
One radar lens destroyed
Radar gun destroyed and dislocated
Radar wires severed
Hitch cable severed
Door locking mechanism damaged
License plate removed
Tempered glass window shattered
Locking mechanism for speed limit sign destroyed
Damage to door cabinet