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Del City leaders consider higher fines, data and enforcement to curb neighborhood speeding and stop-sign violations
Summary
Council, police and residents discussed raising minimum fines, alternative sentencing, data-driven enforcement and a traffic safety committee to reduce dangerous driving in Del City neighborhoods; no ordinance changes were adopted at the meeting.
Del City city leaders, police officials and residents held an extended discussion on June 12 about how to reduce neighborhood speeding and stop-sign violations. The session produced several staff requests and volunteer commitments but did not result in formal ordinance changes at that meeting.
Mayor Eason said the council's priority is neighborhood safety and that the most effective deterrent may be increasing fines: "The only thing I can do to these people that are habitually running stop signs and speeding in neighborhoods is get into their pocketbook," he said during the discussion.…
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