City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 209553

• File #: 209553
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/9/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 1/13/2020
• Final action: 1/23/2020
• Enactment date: 1/9/2020
• Enactment #: 209553
• Title: That the Chief of Police report to this Council on plans to assign more officers to the Traffic Enforcement Division, instruct patrol officers to make traffic enforcement a higher priority, and increase the ratio of payable to warning citations.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Stephanie Hirsch, Jesse Clingan, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott, Katjana Ballantyne, Lance L. Davis, Matthew McLaughlin, Wilfred N. Mbah

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2020	4	City Council	Work completed
1/15/2020	3	Traffic and Parking Committee	Work completed
1/9/2020	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Chief of Police report to this Council on plans to assign more officers to the Traffic Enforcement Division, instruct patrol officers to make traffic enforcement a higher priority, and increase the ratio of payable to warning citations.

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Official Text

Following the disbanding in late 2019 of the 6-member Bravo bicycle unit that conducted traffic enforcement, that the Chief of Police report to this Council on plans to assign more officers to the Traffic Enforcement Division, to instruct patrol officers to make traffic enforcement a higher priority, and to increase the ratio of payable to warning citations, in order to regain control over our increasingly chaotic streets to enhance public -- and especially pedestrian -- safety.