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30 | Overdrive | October 2015 A rizona has remained high on the list of the most in- tense states for inspection activity through the four years analyzed as part of Overdrive's ongoing CSA's Data Trail series, now in its third year. In the 2011-'12 fi rst analysis, it ranked fourth for inspection intensity. In subsequent years, it dropped to No. 5. The Arizona Department of Pub- lic Safety and partner agencies have maintained a dizzying pace of nine inspections per lane-mile per year in recent years. Signifi cant among partner inspecting agencies statewide are both the Arizona Department of Transportation, with jurisdiction over ports of entry on the major interstates, and the border patrol, says DPS Capt. Brian Preston, lead Mo- tor Carrier Safety Assistance Program coordinator. Locals also work the roads: 38 non-DPS agencies are engaged in some degree of commercial motor vehi- cle inspection, he says. The vast majority of such inspections are Level 1, covering essentially the full gamut of driver and truck operations. "We have 238 non-DPS people certifi ed to do inspections," Preston says, with 116 DPS personnel on the beat. DPS troopers account for the majority of on-road activity, with about 66,000 in- No mercy With a high rate of inspections and violations, Arizona is ground zero for tough truck enforcement – particularly along the border BY TODD DILLS CSA's DATA TRAIL STANDOUT STATES Arizona