And You didn't like Speed Camera's

[airboss]

By Tierney Modglin

Story Published: Jun 3, 2010 at 11:41 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jun 3, 2010 at 6:44 PM CDT

Bartonville Police are trying a different approach to get people to stop speeding.

Multimedia Watch The Video They are getting citizens involved.

Bartonville residents are now allowed to help police catch speeders.

Police Chief Brian Fengel says the number one complaint he receives is about speeding in residential areas.

So the police department now has a radar gun that community members can check out for up to seven days.

Bartonville Police Chief Brian Fengel says, "We looked at a bunch of different ways to maybe try to slow people down, since there's so many different locations and police can't be everywhere all the time. We thought we'll see if the citizens would be interested in monitoring it, which they're doing already but documenting it in a report for us."

Residents can shoot the radar gun in their neighborhoods to report speeders.

Fengel says once the report is made, he'll send the alleged speeder a warning letter asking them to slow down.

Clicky :blink:

 

[TCMike]

At least it's only a warning. I can see an angry neighbors trying to "get even" with each other.

 

[Patriot]

there are retiree volunteers who show up at a 30 minute meeting at police headquarters, are sworn in, and in effect become meter maids.

they go around and write parking tickets or warnings or find somebody with questionable credentials parking in a handicapped spot.

they either have radios (for protection or to call an officer to write up someone in a fire zone for instance) or a "special" police phone # to call from their cell phone

that's their self proclaimed mission, as old geezers with handicapped plates, to sift out the law breakers taking up a handicapped spot.

the problem with that is local laws mandate like 10% or more handicapped spots in all parking lots...WalMart has like 30 of them and now they take up double room as the law was changed that ALL spots have to be van accessible...as opposed to the old requirement of only 1/3 handicapped spots be van accessible.

Van accessible means there's a spot for the van and another no parking next to it making room for the doors, ramp, and wheelchair.

Now, granted, in LA, anyone who collects Social Security disability like I do is entitled to a handicapped plate (or mirror card) regardless of what the disability is (like depression or functional, controled mental illness).

So I guess, government stuff commonly doesn't make sense in the real world, right?

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

What's not to love about community cops?

Why hire professionals and risk bringing objectivity into the dispute? Recruit nosey neighbors with axes to grind!

Better yet, recruit children. Pass out GPSs in the class rooms and when their parents are speeding, the kids can rat 'em out.

Kids ratting on parents, neighbor ratting on neighbor, you got a problem with that?

If you do, it's probably because you have something to hide. You should definitely be watched a little more closely!

 

[RenoJohn]

What's not to love about community cops?Why hire professionals and risk bringing objectivity into the dispute? Recruit nosey neighbors with axes to grind!

Better yet, recruit children. Pass out GPSs in the class rooms and when their parents are speeding, the kids can rat 'em out.

Kids ratting on parents, neighbor ratting on neighbor, you got a problem with that?

If you do, it's probably because you have something to hide. You should definitely be watched a little more closely!

LOL

 

[Fred W]

What's not to love about community cops?Why hire professionals and risk bringing objectivity into the dispute? Recruit nosey neighbors with axes to grind!

Better yet, recruit children. Pass out GPSs in the class rooms and when their parents are speeding, the kids can rat 'em out.

Kids ratting on parents, neighbor ratting on neighbor, you got a problem with that?

If you do, it's probably because you have something to hide. You should definitely be watched a little more closely!

Could you speak a little clearer over here near the telescreen?

 

[RadioHowie]

What's not to love about community cops?Why hire professionals and risk bringing objectivity into the dispute? Recruit nosey neighbors with axes to grind!

Better yet, recruit children. Pass out GPSs in the class rooms and when their parents are speeding, the kids can rat 'em out.

Kids ratting on parents, neighbor ratting on neighbor, you got a problem with that?

If you do, it's probably because you have something to hide. You should definitely be watched a little more closely!

Damn......quit chasin' kids off yer grass and get yer ass back in the shop and start makin' sumpin', m'kay???

 

[airboss]

The Chief could have a problem once he gets a few of the anal retentive and authoritarians behind that radar gun, this is going to be fun to watch.

Got a relative that lives in Bartonville, going to see if I can get him to sign up and get us one to play with.

A benefit to living in straight and level country is lots of places for some speed runs.

What'd ya know this post made it to NEPRT, and I didn't say OIL not once. How cool is that :dirol:

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

My wife is the block captain.

"Block Captain Cyndee" I call her.

It took me a while to get the cops and their lackeys to understand that we are not the block captains; she is the block captain.

I had a lot of laughs when she got to go through her training.

"How was your day in fascist training camp Honey?"

"Block Captain Cyndee... Calling Block Captain Cyndee... We have a 10-58 in progress...."

"So, Block Captain Cyndee.. Are they making some sort of Bat Signal just for you?"

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

What'd ya know this post made it to NEPRT, and I didn't say OIL not once. How cool is that :dirol:

The admins on this forum did that for your own good.

Edit: cause Big Brother's search engines don't snoop in NEPRT, get it?

 

[Patriot]

they tried that here, but the ole geezers who were on a very low dose of aricept kept using the laser gun backwards and putting their eye out... :yahoo:

 

[Texan]

My wife is the block captain."Block Captain Cyndee" I call her.

It took me a while to get the cops and their lackeys to understand that we are not the block captains; she is the block captain.

I had a lot of laughs when she got to go through her training.

"How was your day in fascist training camp Honey?"

"Block Captain Cyndee... Calling Block Captain Cyndee... We have a 10-58 in progress...."

"So, Block Captain Cyndee.. Are they making some sort of Bat Signal just for you?"

Been sleeping alone for a while?

 

[fjrchooser]

There are better places for flagrant outright speeding than the 'hood.

Where I used to live, it wasn't unusual for teens to rip the 25 at 70 or better and take the T intersection at our end of the block on two wheels in a cage-blowing the stop sign without even slowing down much. Groups of teens walked in the street blocking traffic rather than use the sidewalk and either challenged or ignored you while refusing to move aside for motorized traffic, unless you were one of their homeboys doing 70 +.

A neighbor with a spike riddled 2x4x8 took care of the speeders when he heard them coming by snatching the board off his porch, running out to the street and screaming "SLOW DOWN" while launching it at them. I took care of the street blockers by calling their bluff with a fire breathing Comet Cyclone GT doing a sideways burn out right on their asses which sent them hustling for the curb toot sweet.

While the cops claimed they had to catch them in the act but never did for months, after a week or so we were able to return to our boring suburban lives. Sometimes the neighbors really do have to do it...

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

My wife is the block captain."Block Captain Cyndee" I call her.

It took me a while to get the cops and their lackeys to understand that we are not the block captains; she is the block captain.

I had a lot of laughs when she got to go through her training.

"How was your day in fascist training camp Honey?"

"Block Captain Cyndee... Calling Block Captain Cyndee... We have a 10-58 in progress...."

"So, Block Captain Cyndee.. Are they making some sort of Bat Signal just for you?"

Been sleeping alone for a while?

Trust me, she dishes it out too!

 

[Aasland]

I'm all for this, as long as the perp's just get warnings and the 'block captains' remain anonymous.

There is a line between Orwellian "snitch on your neighbor, get them convicted" vs. "let people know it isn't acceptable to jeapordize neighborhood safety" and it's a pretty big fat line.

I've lived in various 25mph neighborhoods where folks drive 50mph + with cops unwilling to do anything. Heck, even at my current place we have jack@sses on Harley's and pickups that go WOT up the hill from the stop sign three houses down - and without mufflers. Once again cops don't lift a finger.

 

[reecebike]

BIG BROTHERS EVERYWHERE!!!!