Traffic Safety and Enforcement Special Section
OFFICER Magazine presents the Traffic Safety and Enforcement Special Section as part of the January/February 2023 issue. Our editorial staff covers a variety of topics related to traffic safety and enforcement including Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR), radar speed signs and the use of data provided by cloud-based crash and citation reporting.
Here are the articles included in the Traffic Safety and Enforcement Special Section:
Keeping an Eye on Traffic
As law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve continue to try to do more with less, technology can help free up valuable resources while capturing important data that can be used to keep roadways safer.
OFFICER Magazine recently spoke with Nathan Maloney from Leonardo ELSAG and Larry Legere, Commercial Director for AutoVu at Genetec, about how Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) have evolved.
A Small Solution to a Big Problem
When agencies in small towns attack problems, creativity is a must. Gates County, North Carolina Sheriff Ray Campbell was tasked with addressing the issue of drivers coming into the town of Gatesville.
“They have complained for years about speeders coming through,” he says. “It drops down from 55 mph to 35 mph to 20 mph on Main Street. On another entrance into the county, it drops from 55 mph to 45 mph.” The Gates County Sheriff’s Office purchased the Radarsign TC-400 through the use of a grant.
A Data-Driven Approach to Traffic Safety
As technology progresses, more of the data collected by law enforcement is moving to the cloud, including crash and citation reporting. Steve Person, who retired from the Lansing Police Department in Michigan as a lieutenant after 25 years and now works as a Law Enforcement Specialist Manager at LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions, tells OFFICER Magazine about how the data collected through online citations can help keep officers and the public they serve safer.
