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APRIL,. 3, 1985
L DI POLICE Chief of Police Floyd Williams addressed the Lodi City Council`
DEPAIMM Nr proposing a select traffic enforcement program to enforce
APPLICATICN traffic laws in critical areas identified by analysis of.
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drinking driver as they relate to the primary collision factors
in this City.
Chief Williams further advised that the primary purpose of the
program will be in accident prevention through enforcement. A
secondary goal .will be educational programs directed to public
awareness. To initiate this program we are proposing the
hiring of three additional full time police officers and
equipping them with standard police motorcycles (including
radar equipment). To help ease the burden of establishing such
a program within our department, we are requesting permission
to apply for a Traffic Safety Grant through the Office of
Traffic Safety, State of California. This grant will provide
one hundred percent personnel cost the first year and fifty per
cent personnel cost for the second year.
The Office of Traffic Safety operates on a fiscal year of
October - October however, the Police Department does not
anticipate initiating this program until January 1986.
Therefore, the following schedule would probably follow this
guideline:
January 1, 1986 - Decenter 31, 1986 9 1Vbnths 100%
January 1, 1987 - March 31, 1987 3 11'bnths 50%
April 1, 1987 - September 30, 1987 6 iVbnths 50%
Chief Williams apprised the Council that the reason we do not
anticpate staring until January, 1986 is because of some
difficulty we may encounter in scheduling the training courses
necessary to certify our police officers in the use and safety
of motorcycles. If training courses can be found sooner, then
we may be able to start the program in October, 1985.
This Grantwould not provide for the purchase of motorcycles
and, if awarded the Grant. the Lodi Police Department can
negotiate with the Office of Traffic Safety and might possibly
receive assistance in funding the radar equipment, police
radios for the motorcycles and portable radio units for the
officers" as well. If not, there could be. an initial
expenditure to the City of approximately $35,000.00.
Chief Williams further presented for Council's perusal
documentation which points to a growing need for a full tine
traffic enforcement unit.