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Scottsdale police outline traffic enforcement, photo‑enforcement and e‑bike rules; commissioners press on citations and education
Summary
Lieutenant Christopher Diapiazza told the Transportation Commission the department runs 11 fixed photo‑enforcement sites and four mobile towers, that citations are issued by police staff (not a third party), and that e‑bike classification and enforcement rely on a publicly posted flowchart and city code. Commissioners asked about distracted driving detection, notice‑vs‑citation review and public perceptions of camera programs.
Lieutenant Christopher Diapiazza of the Scottsdale Police Department presented an overview of the city’s traffic enforcement programs, including staffing, DUI teams, motorcycle units, crash‑reconstruction detectives and the city’s photo‑enforcement system.
Diapiazza said the department’s general patrol staff numbers about "a 160 officers" and that the dedicated traffic enforcement section includes DUI, two motorcycle squads and a crash reconstruction unit. He told commissioners the photo‑enforcement program has "11 static locations at 10 intersections" and "4 mobile photo enforcement towers," and that program placement is rotated based on crash and speed data.
On public concerns about who issues camera tickets, Diapiazza directly addressed a community perception that a third party issues citations: "It is not a…
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