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UNIFORM DIVISION OFFICE/TRAFFIC BUREAULIEUTENANT KENNETH MISCIA, COMMANDERThe Uniform Division Office (UDO) is responsible for overseeing the daily operationsof the patrol division, maintaining the scheduling of the police department, and specialevents. The coordination of off-duty assignments such as road construction details andcrowd control for major events is also the responsibility of this office.The Traffic Bureau is responsible for the enforcement of motor vehicle laws,educating the community of the laws and safety, assistance in roadway engineering andassessment, and the review of all motor vehicle crash reports. The UDO & Traffic Bureauis also responsible for the hiring, training, and scheduling of 44 full-time, and 2 spareschool crossing guards. The Uniform Division Office works in conjunction withthe Traffic Bureau, sharing all personnel and responsibilities.Each of the Montclair Police Department's accident investigators has received variousdegrees of training, beginning with the basic Crash Investigation course. Others haveprogressed through three additional phases of training to become Certified AccidentReconstructionists. In order to aid the safe and efficient flow of traffic, conditions thatrequired engineering adjustments were recognized on roads within the Township. Thefollowing are some initiatives undertaken in 2011:TRAFFIC SUMMONS 2009 2010 2011MOVING 9,224 8,080 6,922SPEEDING 1,296 995 921TOTAL 10,520 9,075 7,843TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES FOR 2011Changed the drop-off/pick-up procedures at Watchung SchoolWorked in conjunction with the Montclair High School Safe Action Team to improvevehicle/pedestrian congestion around the high school and Renaissance Middle School.Ordinance passed restricting all turns at Park Street and Chestnut Street during themorning hours to make traffic flow better due to large groups of students crossing.Ordinance passed for No Stopping or Standing in front of high school on ChestnutStreet to prevent drop-offs/pick-ups where the buses operate. Instead, new drop-off/pickupzones were designated on Midland Avenue and North Fullerton Avenue.Mid-block crosswalk was added outside of Renaissance SchoolPassed ordinance that restricts trucks and buses from traveling westbound up BerkeleyPlace from North Mountain Avenue due to increased amount of motor vehicle accidents.Installed traffic calming measures on Upper Mountain, specifically by completing lanestriping for the length of Upper Mountain Avenue.A VMS (Variable Message Sign) was used throughout the township for various speedcalming and important traffic messages.12