Tucson police target dangerous streets in safety crackdown
Tucson police target dangerous streets in safety crackdown.
Tucson city leaders and police are reflecting on the first year of a major traffic safety campaign aimed at reducing collisions on local streets.
Officers met Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, at City Hall to mark the one-year anniversary of the Safe City Initiative.
According to the Tucson Police Department, the program focuses law enforcement resources on high-crash areas to protect both drivers and pedestrians.
Police identified the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Wilmot Road as one of the primary areas where officers are focusing their attention.
Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto reported that officers have been deployed to high-collision areas more than 3,000 times since March.
Those deployments have resulted in more than 2,000 written warnings and citations.
Prieto noted that the department has already issued more warnings and citations this year than it did last year.
Tucson police stated they will continue their targeted traffic enforcement efforts as the Safe City Initiative enters its second year.