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Leesburg police share speed-trailer results; department offers targeted enforcement
Summary
Sergeant Hackney presented multi-site speed-trailer results (averages, 85th-percentiles, volumes) and recommended targeted enforcement based on where the data show violations; officers offered to share raw reports with residents and run temporary extra patrols.
Sergeant Hackney of the Leesburg Police Department described results from several speed-trailer surveys and explained how the department plans enforcement. At one location the police measured an average speed of about 19 mph, an 85th-percentile near 25 mph and a maximum of 40 mph; some sites recorded daily volumes in the thousands.
The sergeant said the department identifies likely enforcement locations from the trailers' data and will place officers accordingly for enforcement rather than just visibility. He offered to send the raw reports to residents and to place extra patrols for a trial period, continuing enforcement if the violation rate is high. "A total volume per day was 894 vehicles," he said while summarizing one site, and he added he would email the full reports to the residents who requested them.
Residents contested some measurements — one resident and engineer said the 18-mph average at a short connector street felt implausible — and the sergeant explained meters and placement can influence averages when trailers cover different channels. Police agreed to perform additional in-person checks and to coordinate timing for patrols that match observed peak hours.
