Citation

Compston JJJ. Transp. Res. Rec. 1992; 1375: 8-10.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Traffic enforcement activities in urban areas are becoming the exception rather than the norm. Most of the seven cities in Ohio that have population in excess of 100,000 are experiencing decreases in traffic enforcement levels, and some of the decreases are sizeable. It is believed that the slide in traffic enforcement is a natural extension of what is happening in an urban society _where violence, drugs, and fear prevail. When limited budgets prevent the hiring of additional law enforcement officers and requests for service, violent crime, and arrests are all increasing to record levels, law enforcement officers find little free uninterrupted patrol time. Hence, traffic enforcement suffers. No model as to how the atrophy affecting urban traffic enforcement can be corrncted is offered. The scope of the problem is explained and the traffic safety community is challenged in hopes of generating future research and discussion.

Language: en