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Waterford police report traffic enforcement gains, council asks for cost options for full-time traffic deputy
Summary
Police chief reported OTS-funded saturation patrols and traffic enforcement statistics; council asked staff for citation breakdowns and a cost estimate to add a full-time traffic deputy. The Waterford school district is arranging a school resource officer funded by the district.
The Waterford Police chief reported that traffic enforcement activity has increased since the city and the sheriff’s office received an Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant, and council members asked staff to return with detailed citation breakdowns and cost estimates for a dedicated traffic deputy.
The police chief said February calls for service totaled 281 with 15 arrests, including three new felony charges. He reported residential burglaries were down 17% and commercial burglaries down 23% compared with the previous reporting period. Using OTS funding and a collaboration with the sheriff’s office, staff said the department supported 24 saturation patrol shifts focused inside city limits; those shifts produced about 210 stops, roughly 35 citations from those stops and 11 arrests, according to the…
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