Daytona police write 2,000 tickets during truck meet

DAYTONA BEACH — The truck meet that attracted thousands of modified, big-wheeled, jacked up pick-ups to the area got plenty of police attention as officers wrote more than 2,000 citations adding to the pile of complaints from locals.

The number of citations issued this weekend for the Daytona Truck Meet — this year with organized events at Daytona International Speedway — more than quadrupled over the three-day truck event held in July 2017 at the Ocean Center. Last year residents complained of rude behavior by the visitors, including public drinking and urination, and litter. Volusia County leaders vowed never to host such a group again at the Ocean Center, which runs the convention center.

A total of 2,151 citations were issued Thursday through Sunday, a 381 percent jump, compared to 447 tickets given out over three-day event in 2017. Daytona Beach police also made 77 arrests and dealt with 23 crashes throughout the city, officials said on Monday.

“Citations were given out for reasons ranging from equipment failure to careless driving,” said Daytona Beach police Chief Craig Capri.

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