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Sheriff presents April enforcement data; commissioners press for cross‑agency reporting and local camera checks
Summary
Sergeant Trampus told the Encinitas Mobility & Traffic Safety Commission that deputies issued 754 citations in April and responded to 29 reportable collisions; commissioners asked staff to align police and fire collision reporting and to check local signal timing and camera recordings where patterns emerged.
Sergeant Trampus of the Encinitas Sheriff’s Station presented the commission with April traffic enforcement figures, saying deputies issued 754 citations and responded to 29 collisions. The department’s April activity included 15 DUI arrests and a one‑day traffic blitz that produced 87 notices to appear and 20 parking citations.
The report included maps showing locations of high‑speed citations (including multiple citations on El Camino Real), a heat map of collisions year‑to‑date, and a year‑over‑year comparison that showed DUI arrests were up while collisions were slightly down. Trampus said deputies prioritize enforcement where collisions cluster and that two DUI‑focused patrol units have been active.
Commissioners asked follow‑up questions about apparent clusters on Lucadia Boulevard (near Quail Gardens and Saxony) and raised concerns about differences between sheriff reports and PulsePoint/fire dispatch logs. Commissioner Molly Henley said she had flagged a pattern and asked staff whether signal timing or camera footage could explain it. Staff said some cameras exist but are not always recording, and that PulsePoint (a fire‑dispatch feed) sometimes shows a response where deputies did not call in a collision report. The sheriff’s office and staff agreed to work with the fire agency to reconcile dispatch and traffic reporting and to check signal timing at sites where commissioners reported repeated incidents.
Several commissioners also asked about pedestrian and bicycle crashes included in the data. Trampus described two recent incidents: one pedestrian collision on El Camino Real that involved an intoxicated pedestrian who ran into traffic and a bicycle collision on Coast Highway where a turning or hesitating motorist entered the bike lane. Trampus said the department uses enforcement and targeted patrols where the data show the greatest problem.
The commission did not take a formal vote on enforcement policy but directed staff to continue coordination with fire dispatch and to report back if cross‑agency data reconciliation identifies specific engineering or enforcement follow‑ups. The Commission’s next step will include reviewing any camera footage that staff can make available and discussing whether additional signal‑timing checks or street‑level countermeasures are warranted.
