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Police data show safety-sign signs cut speeding; council hears plan for cameras and enhanced reporting
Summary
Deputy Chief of Police Bridal Darling presented a two-year review of Northglenn's safety sensitive zones, showing consistent speed reductions where driver-feedback signs are installed. Staff outlined plans for brighter sign lighting, an RFP for automated speed cameras, and revised reporting to include stop-sign and crash-injury breakdowns.
Deputy Chief of Police Bridal Darling presented the city's monthly safety sensitive zone report and two-year data summary, telling council the driver-feedback signs are producing meaningful speed reductions but that enforcement, crash patterns and resource constraints require continued adjustments.
"This is the report that the signs provide for us," Bridal Darling said, explaining staff compressed daily feed data from the sign vendor into summary charts to make trends readable for council. The city’s safety sensitive program began in June 2023 and currently covers four corridors: Fox Run Parkway (roughly North Park to South Park), Irma Drive (from 104th to 120th), Community Center Drive (from SCL Health to the Boondock parking lot entrance), and Melody Drive (Monterey Circle north past Melody and West 100th Place).
Bridal Darling said the sign data shows a consistent 40–50% reduction in the number of vehicles recorded at peak speeds once the driver-feedback…
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