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New traffic lieutenant summarizes Q4 enforcement and five fatal crashes; speeding and impairment remain primary enforcement targets
Summary
A newly assigned traffic lieutenant presented the quarterly traffic-safety report: enforcement focuses on hazardous moving violations (speeding, impaired driving), the department is running state grants, and staff summarized five Q4 crashes that produced seven fatalities. Two crashes involved suspected alcohol/speed run‑offs; one involved a pedestrian struck outside a crosswalk.
The Madison Police Department's traffic unit presented a quarterly traffic-safety report to the Transportation Commission on March 18, summarizing enforcement emphasis and five fatal crashes in the fourth quarter that resulted in seven deaths.
Lieutenant Miner, newly assigned to traffic and events, said the department emphasizes enforcement of hazardous moving violations (speeding and impaired driving) and uses grant funding to run targeted operations (speed, impaired driving, bicycle safety and seat-belt enforcement). Miner said enforcement grants were activated in February and crews are running targeted…
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