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Council continues item on traffic enforcement and citation levels to Sept. 26 for more information
Summary
Councilmember Bob Holden asked to continue an item examining traffic citation levels, traffic-patrol deployment and links to a compressed work schedule; the council continued the item to Sept. 26 to allow staff to provide a fuller report on impacts to citations and the general fund.
The Los Angeles City Council on Sept. 21 continued a report and discussion about traffic citation levels, police deployment and related budget impacts to Sept. 26 after members said they needed more information.
Councilmember Bob Holden described concerns that citation numbers dropped in the prior year because officer days were allocated to national security and training events (including DNC-related assignments) and that new “compressed work schedule” proposals could further affect deployments. A city representative told the council that last year’s dip in citations had been anomalous because of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and other training assignments; the department reported a planned assignment of 40 new traffic vehicles (described in the meeting as “e cars”) intended to increase traffic-enforcement capacity and generate an estimated 50,000 additional citations annually if fully deployed.
Holden requested additional analysis of the correlation between staffing/deployment changes and expected citation revenues and directed staff to provide the report to the budget and finance committee. Councilmember Holden moved to continue the agenda item and the council agreed, continuing Item 11 to Sept. 26 so members could review the fuller report.
Why it matters: Changes in traffic enforcement staffing and schedules can affect citation volumes and thus the general fund and public-safety resource allocations. Councilmembers said they needed a more detailed fiscal profile before taking further policy action.
Ending: Item 11 was continued to the council meeting on Sept. 26 with instructions for staff to provide the requested data and analysis.
