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Cranford Police Department 2011 Annual Report - Cranford.com

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Traffic Division<br />

<strong>Cranford</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Department</strong> Traffic Division<br />

The Traffic Division is <strong>com</strong>prised of a<br />

supervisor, two traffic detectives, two traffic<br />

maintenance personnel, one meter<br />

enforcement officer, and fourteen school<br />

crossing guards.<br />

The <strong>Cranford</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Department</strong> Traffic<br />

Division utilizes the three “E’s” of traffic<br />

safety (Education, Enforcement, and<br />

Engineering) to formulate a <strong>com</strong>prehensive<br />

traffic safety plan for the Township.<br />

CRASHES<br />

Traffic personnel review every crash report<br />

written by patrol officers and conduct any<br />

follow up investigation that may be<br />

necessary. Each report is entered into a<br />

database program that allows us to identify<br />

trends around the township and determine<br />

crash causation. In addition, all crashes are<br />

pinned on a map of the township located in<br />

the Traffic Division office.<br />

EDUCATION<br />

The <strong>Cranford</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Department</strong> works<br />

energetically to insure safe practices by the<br />

users of our roadways through multiple<br />

“education” initiatives. Educational<br />

programs in the schools include such topics<br />

as Driving While Under the Influence, Teen<br />

Driving, Bicycle Rodeos, Bicycle Safety and<br />

Registrations, Pedestrian Safety, Don’t Talk<br />

To Strangers, and Use of School Crossing<br />

Guards.<br />

Other educational programs administered<br />

by the Traffic Division include the HERO<br />

Designate Driver Campaign, WHALE Child<br />

Safety Campaign, PACE Car Program, Keep<br />

Kids Alive Drive 25 Campaign and the Alive<br />

at 25 Parent Program.<br />

Detective Steven Toy is responsible for<br />

organizing and conducting bicycle and<br />

pedestrian safety lectures as well as bicycle<br />

rodeos at every grammar school in <strong>Cranford</strong>.<br />

Detective Toy also provides training to the<br />

school crossing guards every year.<br />

Detective Lieutenant Edward Davenport<br />

provides training to local parents with the<br />

Alive at 25 Program.<br />

ENFORCEMENT<br />

The “enforcement” of our laws ensures that<br />

the education is carried out.<br />

Detective Luedecker conducts selective<br />

enforcement assignments as his primary<br />

assignment within Traffic. The division also<br />

issues Traffic Enforcement Bulletins to the<br />

Patrol Division so they can focus their own<br />

selective enforcement efforts where they<br />

are needed most. When crashes occur, it is<br />

usually because of a type of careless<br />

operation. Due to the severe injuries that<br />

occur during high speed crashes, we are<br />

constantly enforcing the speed laws.<br />

The department continues to use the Speed<br />

Trailer, Speed Dolly, and LED Speed Sentrys<br />

on township roadways to alert drivers of<br />

their speed. After the trailer/dolly is on the<br />

roadway for a few days, it is then removed<br />

and followed up by radar enforcement.<br />

These signs are very effective in bringing<br />

speed <strong>com</strong>pliance to neighborhood streets.<br />

In fact, studies have shown that use of these<br />

speed displays have a better and longer<br />

term effect on speeding than strictly<br />

enforcement.<br />

The Traffic Division monitors the number of<br />

cars using a given roadway, their speeds,<br />

<strong>Cranford</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Department</strong>—<strong>2011</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 33

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