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Sergeant Kirk outlines patrol pattern and explains limits on issuing traffic citations
Summary
Sergeant Kirk of the Hills County Sheriff's Office told commissioners four deputies cover Blue Lake, outlined CAD/RIMS reporting and heat maps, and explained that California law generally requires an officer to observe a violation before issuing a traffic citation.
Sergeant Kirk introduced himself as the local Hills County Sheriff's Office sergeant and reviewed how the department records calls for service in the RIMS/CAD system and generates heat maps for patrol planning. "Well, I'm sergeant Kirk from the Hills County Sheriff's Office," he said, then explained the CAD documentation process and how patrol checks are recorded.
Kirk described patrol focus areas (park, casino, Hatchery Road, West End Road and the school) and a two-deputy problem-oriented policing unit for long-term issues. On traffic enforcement he told commissioners that "state of California does not allow us to issue traffic citations, that don't happen in front of us, essentially," and that most speed enforcement requiring radar or lidar also requires a traffic survey filed by the city. He offered to provide heat-map documents so the commission can identify locations for targeted enforcement.
