Police Resurrect Traffic Safety Unit
For the first time since the police department's traffic safety unit disbanded a couple years ago, two officers have been assigned to dedicated traffic detail.
The Fair Lawn Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit is back, albeit reduced in size and on tenuous terms. The force opened 2013 with two officers whose exclusive focus will be handling traffic issues in town, a detail the department hasn't had the mapower to fill in the past couple years. The two assigned traffic officers, Thomas Check and Louis Failla, have been removed from their 10-man patrol units to focus instead on speeding enforcement, pedestrian safety and providing a regular police presence at district schools. As a result, standard patrol units will now function as nine rather than 10-man crews, Chief Erik Rose said. Rose said he chose to reform the traffic unit now because he has greater scheduling flexibility with virtually …
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6:32 pm on Saturday, May 25, 2013
Is this a Monday thru Friday job, weekends off? How come the are not on the road and always sitting in HQ? more ›