MONROE - On the heels of a successful traffic seatbelt enforcement effort earlier this month, Monroe Police are poised to start another grant-funded push to decrease speeding and increase seatbelt use.
The "Summer Heat" campaign will take place July 1 to July 17.
"With more officers patrolling for longer hours during the Summer Heat campaign, we are striving to get drivers to comply voluntarily with the posted speed limits and to buckle up," said Monroe Police Captain Jim Kosek, in a press release.
Monroe's road construction and related detours, are having an impact on motorists, he said.
"In an effort to lessen the risk to drivers attempting to enter and exit Wisconsin 69 at the 10th and 11th Street detours, as well as attempting to negotiate the three-way intersection at Brennans' corner, speed limits on a section of Hwy 69 have been reduced to 25 mph," Kosek said.
However, Kosek said, a recent 16-day monitoring of over 214,000 vehicles on Wis. 69 in that area shows that about 32,000 were still traveling above 35 mph.
The police department also took part in the grant-funded Click-it-or-ticket traffic enforcement effort between May 24 and June 6.
The Seatbelt Enforcement Grant allowed 175 hours of traffic enforcement to be added to regular patrols, as well as for the department to purchase a Traffic Data Analyzer, which, using information from officers on the street, accident data and citizen complaints, helps determine where special enforcement is needed.
During the recent 14-day mobilization event, there were 109 citations and written warnings issued, with 37 percent of violations along the Wis. 69 construction and detour corridor.
"The average number has been creeping-up with warmer weather but is somewhere around 70 to 75 per fourteen-day period," Kosek said. "Our guys usually give out one warning to every three to five citations, but that fluctuates, especially when we have new traffic signs installed or new ordinances put in place."
About 53 percent of the citations issued were for speeding, while seatbelt violations came in second, at 13 percent.
"Officers involved in the Summer Heat Campaign, as well as our regular patrol shifts, will give this area additional attention, along with several other problem areas," Kosek said.
- Holly Garey
The "Summer Heat" campaign will take place July 1 to July 17.
"With more officers patrolling for longer hours during the Summer Heat campaign, we are striving to get drivers to comply voluntarily with the posted speed limits and to buckle up," said Monroe Police Captain Jim Kosek, in a press release.
Monroe's road construction and related detours, are having an impact on motorists, he said.
"In an effort to lessen the risk to drivers attempting to enter and exit Wisconsin 69 at the 10th and 11th Street detours, as well as attempting to negotiate the three-way intersection at Brennans' corner, speed limits on a section of Hwy 69 have been reduced to 25 mph," Kosek said.
However, Kosek said, a recent 16-day monitoring of over 214,000 vehicles on Wis. 69 in that area shows that about 32,000 were still traveling above 35 mph.
The police department also took part in the grant-funded Click-it-or-ticket traffic enforcement effort between May 24 and June 6.
The Seatbelt Enforcement Grant allowed 175 hours of traffic enforcement to be added to regular patrols, as well as for the department to purchase a Traffic Data Analyzer, which, using information from officers on the street, accident data and citizen complaints, helps determine where special enforcement is needed.
During the recent 14-day mobilization event, there were 109 citations and written warnings issued, with 37 percent of violations along the Wis. 69 construction and detour corridor.
"The average number has been creeping-up with warmer weather but is somewhere around 70 to 75 per fourteen-day period," Kosek said. "Our guys usually give out one warning to every three to five citations, but that fluctuates, especially when we have new traffic signs installed or new ordinances put in place."
About 53 percent of the citations issued were for speeding, while seatbelt violations came in second, at 13 percent.
"Officers involved in the Summer Heat Campaign, as well as our regular patrol shifts, will give this area additional attention, along with several other problem areas," Kosek said.
- Holly Garey