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SFPD traffic unit credits Vision Zero enforcement with drop in injury collisions; reports new speed-detection gear

San Francisco Police Commission · October 4, 2017
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Summary

The San Francisco Police Department reported a modest decline in injury collisions and described targeted enforcement under its Vision Zero commitment, funded in part by a Department of Public Health grant that bought 46 LIDAR units for speed enforcement.

Commander Robert O'Sullivan presented the Police Department's second-quarter Safe Streets report to the San Francisco Police Commission on matters of traffic enforcement and Vision Zero progress. He said the department uses data-driven enforcement on a city "high injury network" and emphasized a goal "to eliminate all traffic related fatalities."

O'Sullivan told commissioners the department conducted 31 LIDAR operations in the quarter and credited a public-health grant with enabling the purchase of 46 LIDAR guns, which he said allow officers to "be at some distance, work in a collaborative team environment, and…

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