Best intentions aside, cars routinely speed down Front Street and Ford Streed (among others) at 50+ mph to catch the green light with no repercussions. Night shift officers sit at one of 3 locations for hours on end rather than actively patrolling a beat while illicit activity occurs within eyeshot of the department and the officers are never the wiser. Sure, the town is small, but actively patrolling and issuing arrests and citations would go incredibly far in cleaning the area up.
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Best intentions aside, cars routinely speed down Front Street and Ford Streed (among others) at 50+ mph to catch the green light with no repercussions. Night shift officers sit at one of 3 locations for hours on end rather than actively patrolling a beat while illicit activity occurs within eyeshot of the department and the officers are never the wiser. Sure, the town is small, but actively patrolling and issuing arrests and citations would go incredibly far in cleaning the area up.