Thursday, June 12, 2008

Price of gasoline and police patrols

Several police agencies have publicly stated that they will begin to have officers curtail their mileage to conserve gas. My only thought - neighborhood patrols prevent burglaries. And traffic enforcement is paramount for safer streets. I never was a big believer in writing traffic tickets. I let a lot of drivers off with a warning and now I KNOW I was wrong. Unruly or fast drivers will only follow laws if you hit them and hit them hard in the wallet. Sometimes I dream that my city create a reserve force and we only work traffic. I know two things - aggressive drivers would stop their nonsense and my hand would hurt from all tickets that I would write.
Anybody disagree?

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