Police report: rising speeding, impaired‑driving enforcement and Mason Street reconstruction through December

Sergeant Campbell told the Green Bay Traffic, Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission on Monday that officers have shifted enforcement to daytime speeding hot spots and school zones and are seeing both alcohol- and drug‑impairment arrests.

Campbell said the department used grant funds that allowed extra enforcement in August and July, producing “a lot of extra overdrive arrests.” He described a new hot‑spot analysis showing “the 80 fifth percentile, 10 or higher,” which he summarized as meaning “15% of the cars are going 10 or more over the speed limit in those areas.” The department is sending weekly reports to officers and training them to use the tool to identify when and where to patrol.

The patrols have focused on school zones since the start of the school year because of frequent complaints about illegal stopping, drop‑offs and U‑turns near schools. Campbell said the department has put “a lot of extra patrols in the school zones” and is coordinating with schools and alder offices on parking and drop‑off rules.

City public works staff also briefed the commission on a planned closure and reconstruction on East Mason Street. A staff member said the reconstruction will “reconstruct East Mason Street from Jaster to Bader” and that a section from Jaster to Lime Kiln will be completed in about 35 days while other segments will be milled and replaced in concrete; the project is expected to last through the construction season into December. The official detour uses Main Street to Webster, a route staff said will be longer for some drivers.

Commissioners discussed signal timing and camera detection at the Mason/Main intersection and generally agreed to allow traffic cameras and the first week of construction operations to settle before making large signal timing adjustments.

A procedural motion to receive the police report and place it on file passed without opposition.