{"id":78144,"date":"2015-07-31T07:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78144"},"modified":"2015-07-31T07:15:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T12:15:36","slug":"law-enforcement-patrols-increased-sturgis-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78144","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement patrols increased, Sturgis rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/motorcycleride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54108\" alt=\"motorcycleride\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/motorcycleride.jpg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; Highway Patrol troopers in states bordering western South Dakota are giving extra attention to traffic flocking to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are planning for up to a million people for the rally&#8217;s 75th anniversary next week.<\/p>\n<p>In southwestern North Dakota, the patrol is dedicating up to 30 overtime hours to the cause, at a cost of about $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Montana Highway Patrol says it&#8217;s paying &#8220;special attention&#8221; to traffic routes favored by rally-goers, but spokesman John Barnes didn&#8217;t comment on whether any overtime hours were involved.<\/p>\n<p>In Nebraska, there are additional patrols on some highways but no dedicated overtime. Capt. Paul Hattan says Nebraska&#8217;s mandatory helmet law prompts many riders to bypass the state.<\/p>\n<p>In Wyoming, the patrol has secured $125,000 in federal highway grant money for ramped-up enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; Highway Patrol troopers in states bordering western South Dakota are giving extra attention to traffic flocking to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Organizers are planning for up to a million people for the rally&#8217;s 75th anniversary next week. In southwestern North Dakota, the patrol is dedicating up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78146,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78144\/revisions\/78146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}