The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Calexico Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility (CVEF) is proud to serve Imperial County providing safety, service, and security to thousands of residents, commuters, and tourists each day. As a part of the CHP’s Border Division, CVEF services over 1100 square miles of freeways and unincorporated roadways in and around the cities of Calexico, El Centro, Imperial, Ocotillo, Heber, Holtville, Brawley, Westmorland, Calipatria, Winterhaven/Bart, Seeley, Glamis Off-Road Recreational area, and Salton Sea Communities.
We offer a number of Commercial Vehicle traffic safety programs aimed at keeping you and your loved ones safe on the road and on the highways. You can help us by driving defensively, obeying the posted speeds, not driving distracted, and being courteous to other drivers. Thank you for taking the time to visit our website.
The California Highway Patrol, Calexico Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility is located on California S7 in Imperial County along the US/Mexico International border east of the city of Calexico. The primary mission of the Department’s Commercial Enforcement Program is to ensure the safe and efficient operation of commercial vehicles on the California highway system. The dedicated officers and Commercial Vehicle Inspection Specialists assigned to this facility work diligently to prevent traffic collisions attributed to mechanical defects or excessive driving hours involving vehicles and drivers subject to California Vehicle Code Section 34500. The Facility maintains operations consisting of four inspection bays and static weight scales to ensure compliance with weight regulations. In 2017, our dedicated officers and inspectors conducted over 20,000 commercial inspections including vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
Two Mobile Road Enforcement (MRE) officers are based at this Facility to supplement our mission. The MRE patrol vehicles are outfitted with all the necessary equipment to conduct roadside inspections of commercial vehicles whose daily routes don’t take them past the inspection facility. The California Highway Patrol believes education is critical to promoting highway safety. In addition to inspections and enforcement, our officers and CVIS’s provide education concerning commercial laws and regulations upon request to trucking companies. The Calexico Commercial Enforcement Facility also hosts a variety of Spanish bilingual community outreach education events in Spanish for our neighbors Mexico and their commercial vehicle industry.
