Has this ever been tried in Madison? Or would it fall under the
banned photo radar speed enforcement? (I'm assuming that she just
captured the license plate, not an image of the violator, but it
doesn't really specify.)
By Lee McLaughlin
First Coast News Staff
THE DALLES, OR -- Citizens in an Oregon town have literally taken the
law into their own hands. The police have handed over radar guns to
citizens on patrol. All in an effort to slow speeding drivers down.
Elena Bandell has lived across from The Dalles High School for two
and a half years. She says, "we kind of want to take our
neighborhoods back."
Bandell says teenagers and other drivers speed by on a street that is
supposed to be a 20 mile per hour zone.
"It's very frustrating, especially when you have a toddler running
around. We don't need these streets and street lights to be
memorials. I don't want one named after my daughter. I don't need one
named after her."
Bandell decided to take matters into her own hands. She borrows a
radar detector from The Dalles Police Department and clocks drivers
going by her house.
"He got clocked in at 27...in a 20."
The Dalles Police Chief, Jay Waterbury, says "If they find one that
has excessive speed, we will send a letter to the registered owner of
the car." It's just a warning, but most of the time it's enough.
The new Citizen Radar Patrol Program in The Dalles is open to anyone
who wants to help slow down traffic in their neighborhood. And Chief
Waterbury says it's a help, because they can't be everywhere at once.
"If it can help eliminate an accident or two, it's well worth it."
For Elena, it's about protecting her daughter and instead of just
complaining about the speeders, she's doing something about it.
11/8/07
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