Delta’s police chief defends decision to share locations of speed traps

DELTA (NEWS 1130) – Delta Police say posting the location of their speed traps online appears to be helping with safety.

Last year, the department’s @DPDTraffic account on Twitter started to take away the element of surprise by sharing when and where officers would be.

Chief Constable Neil Dubord says he’s seeing an impact. “We have seen a reduction in our collisions, down by 13 per cent. That’s really by focusing on the high collision areas. All our enforcement has been given to that area.”

Some people argue speeders should be caught and sharing the location of officers’ speed traps only leads to drivers slowing down in those specific areas.

 

But Dubord says people don’t like being tricked, which is why he believes it’s a good idea to give drivers a heads up about enforcement.

“The traffic Twitter account has been somewhat controversial, but unique in itself. [We’ve been going to] the public and asking them where they would like to see some enforcement, and then us following up, accordingly.”

Dubord says one high-collision area officers have been focused on is the intersections along Nordel Way.

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