Making conclusions based on physical evidence and so forth and we have a good number of officers who have a interest in that and they have supplemented our investigative capacity of the investigators who are full time in Traffic Enforcement. Third one was the creation of the traffic collision unit and merging the hit and run unit and the major accident investigation team. That leads me to almost the last one. The last bulletin in terms of vehicle collisions really makes a point that the use of the term vehicle collisions is most appropriate to identify the unintended coming together of bodies on our roadway as opposed to the term accident. We want to create a mind set within the department as well as with the public that these occurrences arent acts of god. They are when theres an element of negligence on the part of one party or the other and so we cant continue to look at them as something beyond our control. Theyre completely within our control if we slow down. If we Pay Attention,
Will open it up to any questions you may have. Thank you very much commander and chief for doing this presentation. Obviously this has been an issue that is in the forefront of the press and what is happening here in the city, and i want to say i have been talking to the chief about this for a few weeks and hes been keeping me apprize of what is happening and hes on top of it and he said earlier a lot of this stuff people just need to disloa slow down and its good advice and there is clearly a correlation between the number of incidents and staffing and i am glad staffing is on the rise thanks to the Mayors Office but in the interim it is possible for us to put more officers on the street doing traffic enforcement, not necessarily motorcycle officers but officers and patrol cars. It never hurts to increase the enforcement and i talked to the chief. Tijts are expensive and i know the money goes to the general fund and not necessarily the department. Can we pull money from the general fu
They will be fully certified to operate our motorcycles in two months, so help is on the way in regards to the use of dedicated resources for traffic enforcement. With that said i will open it up to any questions you may have. Thank you very much commander and chief for doing this presentation. Obviously this has been an issue that is in the forefront of the press and what is happening here in the city, and i want to say i have been talking to the chief about this for a few weeks and hes been keeping me apprize of what is happening and hes on top of it and he said earlier a lot of this stuff people just need to disloa slow down and its good advice and there is clearly a correlation between the number of incidents and staffing and i am glad staffing is on the rise thanks to the Mayors Office but in the interim it is possible for us to put more officers on the street doing traffic enforcement, not necessarily motorcycle officers but officers and patrol cars. It never hurts to increase th
The road because you have a greater stake and the harm you can cause operating a vehicle but as pedestrians and bicyclists as well we have to guarantees our own safety. When we cross the street even with a green light look over your shoulder to see if a car is coming. Get off the phone when crossinglet street. Not wearing ear buds when operating a bicycle and so forth. These are all things that will ensure your safety. One of the things that was very much and important and identified through this analysis of the collision data from 2006 to 2011 was the identification of the post problematic intersections and speed corridors in our city. This report actually broke down by Police District so in every district the captains are aware of the five most problematic intersections where they have the highest concentration of collisions as well as the speed quarters within those districts as well. Those being the foundation obviously as things occur in terms of collisions and input from the comm
They will be fully certified to operate our motorcycles in two months, so help is on the way in regards to the use of dedicated resources for traffic enforcement. With that said i will open it up to any questions you may have. Thank you very much commander and chief for doing this presentation. Obviously this has been an issue that is in the forefront of the press and what is happening here in the city, and i want to say i have been talking to the chief about this for a few weeks and hes been keeping me apprize of what is happening and hes on top of it and he said earlier a lot of this stuff people just need to disloa slow down and its good advice and there is clearly a correlation between the number of incidents and staffing and i am glad staffing is on the rise thanks to the Mayors Office but in the interim it is possible for us to put more officers on the street doing traffic enforcement, not necessarily motorcycle officers but officers and patrol cars. It never hurts to increase th