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Everett expands traffic enforcement, adds motorcycle officers and plans youth traffic court
Summary
Police briefed the committee on traffic-safety gains tied to an expanded traffic unit (three motorcycle officers), data-driven emphasis patrols and a proposed youth traffic court that would dismiss infractions on successful completion.
Chief Robert Gets told the committee that traffic safety work focuses on the behaviors most associated with severe collisions — speed, red-light violations and impaired driving — and that the department has increased traffic staffing and data-driven deployments.
Gets said the traffic unit expanded from one to three motorcycle officers in December 2025, enabling a marked increase in emphasis patrols; the department is on pace to return to 189 emphasis patrols this year and…
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