On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 07:12:56PM -0600, Jim Mork wrote: > ... I took the liberty of contacting the Traffic > Division and spoke to its commander, Greg Reinhard. It was > a most enlightening chat.... > ... He said > his division is stretched very thin which affects its ability > to do effective enforcement. But he said if he gets the extra > 12 officers, he hopes to work on the worst offenses that > occur, but that doesnt mean people won't run red lights and > such. He said the police force walks a thin line between > enforcement and becoming the heavy hand of government. He > doesnt want to become the latter and perceived by citizens > as a problem.
I agree that the MPD has (at least!) a perception problem in general on that topic. But in the specific area of enforcing the laws meant to curb highly dangerous offenses in traffic, their perception problem is completely the opposite. Lt Reinhard, please, don't worry about being seen as the "heavy hand of government" if you start targeting those red light runners, no-right-turn-on-red violators, and other miscreants who are on a rampage with deadly machines on the streets of Minneapolis. -- Peter Klausler, Linden Hills, Minneapolis, Minnesota ',.PY FGCRL Principal Engineer, Cray Inc. AOEUI DHTNS pmk@visi,com, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.visi.com/~pmk ;QJKX BMWVZ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
