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Lake Forest Park weighs purchase of four portable traffic trailers while pausing license-plate reader adoption
Summary
Lake Forest Park police presented a plan to buy four solar ATS SpeedAlert trailers for speed feedback and data collection; the council probed optional Flock license-plate-reader (LPR) features and Chief Keith Hardin said adoption of LPR subscriptions is paused pending clearer legislative and public-records guidance.
The Lake Forest Park City Council heard a police proposal on Nov. 13 to replace its two-decade-old radar trailer with four ATS SpeedAlert 24 solar-powered portable trailers that can display drivers' speeds, collect traffic data and accept optional license-plate-reader (LPR) cameras.
Police Chief Keith Hardin said the units are lightweight, deployable by one person and intended to reduce speed in school zones and neighborhood streets while supporting enforcement planning and grant applications. “These are solar powered ultra pro portable trailers that can be deployed by 1 person,” Hardin said, adding the signs help show residents that the city is “monitoring speeds” and that they can produce measurable reductions in average speeds.
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