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Scottsdale police outline traffic-enforcement tactics, defend city-run camera program
Summary
Lieutenant Christopher Diapiazza told the Transportation Commission that Scottsdale uses motorcycle units, a DUI squad, crash reconstruction and a photo enforcement program (11 fixed sites, 4 mobile towers) to target high-crash locations and distracted drivers; commissioners pressed for data, e-bike enforcement details and why cameras carry warning signs.
Lieutenant Christopher Diapiazza of the Scottsdale Police Department told the Transportation Commission that the department dedicates a traffic enforcement section to crash reduction and targeted enforcement.
“Our general patrol staff is approximately a 160 officers,” Diapiazza said, and added the traffic section includes DUI, motorcycle units and a crash-reconstruction team that responds to serious-injury and fatal crashes. He described 11 static photo-enforcement locations at 10 intersections and four mobile photo-enforcement towers and said those tools are rotated to target high-volume or high-crash approaches.
The presentation emphasized both enforcement and education. Diapiazza described a long-running public outreach effort — including a Scottsdale PIO-led…
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