In 1997 the City of Reedley requested a Grant from the State
of California Office of Traffic Safety to purchase a radar
trailer and 5 mobile radar's. The radar trailer is a educational
device to place on streets where speed is a primary reason
for collisions. It allows drivers to see what their speed
is compared to the posted speed limit. In many instances
drivers just do not pay attention to their speed. The mobile
radar units allowed the police department to begin actively
enforcing speed violation from a fixed location in those
high problem areas.
In 2000 the police department applied for another grant
from the Office of Traffic Safety to add a Motorcycle Officer
as part of a multi-agency Safe Streets Alliance Project.
This program supplemented our existing enforcement efforts
and allowed us to work with other agencies in the area that
were also committed to having safe streets for their children
to walk to school and make the streets safer for the motoring
public.
Our Traffic Sergeant Todd Lowery has also been committed
to a regular program of educating our public in traffic safety.
Sgt. Lowery provides an article a week to the local paper
that provides important information on traffic safety matters.
Each article has a link to the left. Click on each link to
read the articles. These will be updated weekly.
