Do you Speed?

One of my directives to our new Police Chief was to apply technology to policing. We have had a radar trailer called the Speed Sentry for some time. We have used the trailer sporadically in the past. The Speed Sentry has a computer download feature that we are using to pinpoint enforcement. Here is an example of what we found on Linden one of the two streets where the radar unit was parked in the last few days.

• The average speed on Linden on the 15th was 18.5 mph.
• 7.3% of the vehicles on that day on Linden were exceeding the speed limit.
• 16 of the 18 cars exceeding the speed limit were between 1pm and 6pm.
• No cars exceeded 35mph at any time.

So consequently patrol operations have been directed towards enforcement between 1pm and 6pm on Linden. This is an intelligent use of technology and manpower allocation to more effectively patrol the village.