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Police present speed enforcement data; city sees declines in high‑end speeds but camera calibration affected counts
Summary
Chief Duffy told the council that automated enforcement and neighborhood speed‑feedback signs show a decline in high‑end speeds in most streets; he noted calibration and partial‑month enforcement periods created nuances in the data and said the city will discontinue one low‑yield automated speed function while keeping red‑light enforcement.
Newport police presented a quarterly speed and automated enforcement report that showed reductions in high‑end speeds on many monitored streets but also highlighted operational factors that affected citation counts.
Police Chief Duffy walked council members through comparative data for monitored streets, noting that high‑end speeds dropped on several roadways and that total volumes vary by season. He also said the automated enforcement system experienced technical interruptions: a westbound site had radar calibration problems and some months were not full enforcement months because of school vacation and a winter storm, which reduced the citation totals for the reporting period.
The department said that on one corridor (northbound Hillside at Admiral Kalpas Road) speed enforcement produced virtually no speed citations and the city intends to discontinue the automated speed enforcement function there while retaining red‑light enforcement where it remains productive. The department also described plans to deploy more feedback signs, continue directed enforcement informed by the data, and study another intersection (Bellevue–Memorial) for possible red‑light camera installation.
Councilors asked for ticketing numbers linked to the sign program and urged continued work to direct enforcement where the data shows problems. Chief Duffy agreed to provide citation data for the next reporting period.
What happens next: Police will provide ticket and citation numbers tied to monitored locations in the next quarter, continue feedback‑sign deployment, and report back on any red‑light camera study findings.
