Romulus, Michigan Speed Traps

Write tickets for red light and speeding, Wayne County Sheriffs, Metro Airport and Romulus Police patrol this
section and pull them over. Two cars show up. So watch your
right hand mirror for the second officer.

Romulus cops sit just west of southern exit from Metro Airport and pick off people returning from trips visitors to the Detroit area. If you exceed the 45 MPH limit beware — and welcome to Michigan!

There is a construction entrance to Metropolitan Airport off Eureka Road. The officer sits in that entrance and uses radar to get speeders coming around the curve. I travel that way both to and from work and 90% of the time I see one in the AM rush and sometimes two at the evening rush. If the officer is not there, he usually has someone pulled over. I have seen two cars pulled over at a time. If there is a quota, they sure make it there. It is the entrance off the freeway to the airport and I am sure there are many cars from all over the Metropolitan area that are not aware of the speed limit there or the fact that there are officers waiting there to issue tickets.

Eureka Rd section traveling west between Middlebelt and 275 bordering Metro airport. Often multiple radar cars sitting off on airport access roads. Will see multiple "pull-overs" on most days.

The Romulus Police have been much more aggressive in their enforcement of this area in the past year. They are also out in the morning, at times. The vehicle on the overpass clocking for the officers on the highway below used to be a marked Chevy Tahoe. Now, they have become more sly in their tactics and use a gold, unmarked, older-model Chevy Blazer. The officer in this vehicle clocks people going Northbound I-275. This vehicle cannot be seen by northbound vehicles as a large sign on the overpass conceals it. My guess is that the officer is only clocking people going northbound as all the vehicles I have seen pulled over are on that side of the highway. They use a variety of pursuit vehicles, such as marked Ford Crown Victorias and Chevy Tahoes as well as unmarked Chevy Impalas and Ford Crown Victorias. Usually 3 pursuit cars are present in the area when they are enforcing. If they do not have someone pulled over, they sit on the shoulder of Southbound I-275 near the median between the Eureka and Pennsylvania overpasses; they can easily get onto Northbound I-275 if they are called to stop a particular vehicle. If you are driving Northbound and police cars are going after people, be careful as the officers are driving aggressively fast to catch up to them. The Romulus Police have become considerably more aggressive in their enforcement of this area. I’m sure it is a tactic to generate more revenue for the city as many cities in Michigan are suffering funding issues these days. The police would probably say that they are soley doing it in the best interest of public safety. Occasionally, a marked Michigan State Police car will park in the median under the Eureka Rd. overpass. It is interesting to note that the Romulus Police is nowhere to be seen when the Michigan State Police are nearby.