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61B – Selective Enforcement <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 2 of 3 <br />i. By citizens via mail, e-mail or phone to the Department outlining <br />problem area; <br />ii. An officer on daily patrol (problem analysis form); <br />iii. Another Town employee; and <br />iv. A “traffic safety request form” (a document provided on the Police <br />Department’s website), that allows citizens to write about the <br />problem, suggest solutions for the problem and include contact <br />information if follow up is needed. <br /> B. Compiling and Reviewing Traffic Collision Data [61.1.1(a)] <br /> <br />1. The Captain of Operations and or his designee on a regular basis (and at least <br />annually) will extract collision related data from the in-house computer system. <br />The data from the in-house system may be supplemented by data received <br />from the Commonwealth / Registry of Motor Vehicles pertaining to collisions <br />occurring in the town of Lexington. <br /> <br />2. Data collected should have consistent parameters from year to year. Those <br />parameters should include, but are not limited to: location, time, violation <br />factors, number of vehicles, and weather conditions. <br /> <br />C. Implementing Traffic Enforcement Duties for Patrol <br /> <br />1. Based upon the analysis of data collected regarding high crash locations <br />and/or high violation locations, patrol sector cars and enforcement personnel <br />will be directed to specific locations at specific times. [61.1.1(e)] <br /> <br />a. Actively enforce observed violations; <br />b. Educate offenders who may not be aware of violations committed; <br />c. Be a visible presence to deter possible violations; and <br />d. Collect further data or information to confirm if the perceived problem exists <br />(e.g. speed/traffic survey, volume survey, time survey). <br /> <br />2. Many of these identified locations will be posted on the electronic traffic <br />bulletin board. This bulletin board is accessible to all officers on the <br />Department’s in-house system, ProPhoenix. These locations will be updated <br />on a regular basis by the police liaison to the Traffic Advisory Safety <br />Committee. <br /> <br />3. The patrol sector car should notify dispatch when they arrive at the location <br />and should clear the location when the assignment is completed. Officer <br />should provide a general overview of the assignment including the number <br />and types of citations written, and any other pertinent information about the <br />location such as traffic conditions. [61.1.1(b)] <br /> <br />4. Dispatch will create a journal note (UCR code 948 in the in-house computer) <br />documenting the specific directed patrol area, time and results. Patrol units <br />may be called from these directed patrols in the event they are needed for a <br />more urgent service call. If this occurs, the Officer assigned should, if <br />possible, return to the direct patrol assignment at a later time.