How to get police to enforce traffic laws?
https:// www.wthr.com /article/news/local/pedestrian-safety-cyclist-struck-hit-drivers-cars-crisis-indianapolis-marion-county-indiana-crisis-tracking-deadly-vision-zero-massachusetts-college/531-89bb510f-e28b-4cb1-9552-35e2c0323f8c How to get police to enforce traffic laws?
Since covid, I've seen more traffic violations than ever before and have seen 1 traffic stop (literally). People drive fast, pass in the bike lane or in the street parking, rarely stop at stop signs, and do not yield to pedestrian crossing. In Indianapolis, the police budget is 1/3 of the entire city tax revenue, so how do we have safer streets?
:edit: shared link is 100 pedestrians were reported hit in August 2024
I’d love to see cops start enforcing the no-right-on-red signs, especially when drivers cut off pedestrians to do it. But half the time they’ve got blue line or other pseudo fascist stickers all over their gigantic trucks when they do it, so I’m not holding my breath.
7Always interesting watching "back the blue" people breaking the laws, it's as if they have a different reason to have that stance 🤔
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Local politics. Sherrif is usually an elected position by the public directly or by an elected body. Sherrifs tend to have pretty strong sway in the culture of the departments.
5Cool, thank you. I'll start finding out who/when those are
1I didn't know how much the sheriff has to do with impd department policy/culture. In a metro department, I think that's the chief of police, which I think is appointed?
Probably badger the city council and your local reps.
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