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Candidates favor data-driven deployments and partnerships to address speeding complaints in Middleton
Summary
Finalists recommended complaint-based targeting, visibility patrols and data-driven deployment to address local speeding concerns; candidates also urged coordination with city engineers for design-based solutions.
Speeding and traffic safety were front-line concerns for residents at the Middleton forum, and the finalists described a mix of enforcement and engineering strategies.
Jeremy Geiser said the department uses complaint-reporting with location and times to direct patrols and that a traffic-enforcement supervisor assigns officers to specific trouble spots. “That helps us direct our patrols, so that we’re not just… hitting the same areas all the time,” Geiser said, adding that proactive contact and visible enforcement discourage speeders.
Warren Allen said he would prioritize enforcement using accident and crash data to place officers where speeding most often causes collisions. “If you’re visible, people naturally slow down,” Allen said, and he tied traffic monitoring to reducing other crimes, noting overlap between high-accident locations and property-crime patterns.
Steven Thompson suggested combining policing with city engineering and environmental design, and deploying differentiated units such as motorcycles to reach constrained areas. He noted that traffic enforcement ultimately requires department-wide participation and coordination with municipal planning.
No formal traffic policy was adopted at the forum; candidates emphasized data-driven deployment, interdepartmental collaboration and visible enforcement as their primary tactics.
