Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Enforcement And Crash Data topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sheriff reports monthly crash and citation totals; commissioners press for monthly trends and resident-vs-nonresident breakdown
Summary
The sheriff’s traffic sergeant reported 23 collisions in September and 644 citations; commissioners asked for ongoing, comparable trend reports and a resident/nonresident breakdown for certain citation categories. Public speakers urged reinstatement of automated enforcement (red light cameras) and broader safety campaigns.
Sergeant Christy Trampas of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office presented the station’s September traffic report to the Mobility and Traffic Safety Commission, saying the station recorded 23 collisions and 644 citations for the month.
Trampas told commissioners staff had extracted the most-concerning citation types for clarity: 90 citations with a speeding violation, 60 cell-phone citations, 30 stop-sign violations and 18 red-light violations. The station also recorded 10 DUI arrests in September. Trampas said an enforcement “blitz” on September 10—when motors and units from multiple agencies saturated the city—produced over 300 citations in a single day and helped drive monthly totals higher.
Commissioners requested that the sheriff continue presenting comparable trend charts (multi-month comparisons) and asked whether the station could provide a top-line resident vs. nonresident breakdown for certain citation types such as speed and red-light violations; Trampas said she would try to supply that information next month.
During public comment the commission heard support for automated enforcement and red-light cameras. Speaker Mike Dobransky urged red-light cameras as a short- and long-term safety improvement; Judy Burlfine told the commission that recent state legislation changes address many past concerns about camera programs and urged adoption.
Sergeant Trampas also explained a technical reporting difference raised by a public speaker: an “incident” entry in dispatch may not become a written collision report, while an “accident” in the department’s monthly collision count reflects an incident where a formal report was taken.
Commissioners thanked the sheriff’s office for monthly blitz enforcement and asked the department to continue monthly data presentations. Trampas said the precinct plans to continue monthly blitzes when resources permit and will attempt to provide the requested resident/nonresident citation breakdown.
