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Overview

Motor Carrier Officer Recruiting

Contact a recruiter to become a Motor Carrier Officer.

Motor Carrier Officer Recruiting

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Overview

The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) is responsible for the staffing and operation of 14 scale facilities and conducts road patrol activities focused on commercial vehicle enforcement, e.g., enforcement related to traffic, commercial vehicle drivers and equipment, size and weight, hazardous materials transportation and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the division's commercial vehicle enforcement responsibilities include conducting federal compliance reviews and investigations, school bus inspections, commercial vehicle training for division personnel as well as local and county law enforcement officers and conducting new entrant safety audits. Currently CVED has 115 motor carrier officers, 10 investigators, 4 safety auditors and 11 school bus inspectors.

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Overview

Inside the School Bus Inspection Program

The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division is responsible for the annual inspection of every yellow school bus and pupil transportation vehicle operated in the state. Michigan has approximately 17,000 vehicles that transport in excess of 800,000 children over 10 million miles annually.

Inside the School Bus Inspection Program

Investigation Unit

The Investigation Unit is responsible for a broad area of Motor Carrier enforcement. Motor Carrier Investigators handle in-depth, often time consuming, inquiries into criminal and regulatory violations in the commercial vehicle industry.

Investigation Unit

Medical Waivers

The Motor Carrier Safety Appeal Board was created by the Motor Carrier Safety Act. The purpose of the board is to hear and decide applications for waivers from medical requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act.

Medical Waivers

Training Unit

Training Unit

VIDEO: Special Truck Enforcement Team (STET)

What's a STET? We explain it in a short video.

VIDEO: Special Truck Enforcement Team (STET)