The City of Los Angeles may be rethinking who will enforce its laws traffic laws. The LA Times reported that a new city-led study shows that civilian workers who enforce traffic laws can make the streets safer.
The report, a manuscript seen by The Times, was made by an outside company on behalf of the city’s Department of Tshipped and has been done for over three years. In it, it calls for some Safety reform aims to make the streets of LA safer.
The main and most dramatic change is the call for civilian positions to enforce traffic violations, removing armed police officers from the equation. These people will be unarmed and will give citations. In turn, violations will follow a “means based on“fee model. This means a broken taillight coupon instead of a $25 fine. Someone who speeds up will get something the report says promote “traffic safety goals and do not perpetuate disparities in enforcement” the whole point of view of a medium based on system. For example, a A $300 speeding ticket for a single mom with two jobs could change her life while the same ticket for the wealthy does little and does little to prevent future transgressions.
Other recommendations include streets based on LA’s 2015 vision? visually, seek to end traffic deaths in a decade. These street designs will include narrower streets, dedicated bike lanes, and more clearly defined pedestrian crossing. Experts call this infrastructure “self-executing”” and says it will work especially well in people with low incomes communities and communities of color.
This report was issued when LA’s The streets have become more dangerous in the face of problems such as street takeovers and accidents. LAPD data shows that 312 people were killed in traffic accidents last year. While tHe time say that’s a five percent increase over 2021, which is near the 30 percent increase through 2020.
Although the changes suggested in the report will take some time to implement, LAPD says it will be ready to have traffic law enforcement assistance. LAPD Director Michel Moore said the department is interested in alternative police responses to certain situations. “If POINT [Los Angeles Department of Transportation] chose that job, I think we would welcome it, he say. Los Angeles Police Protection League — the city’s police union — not very open. The report mentions that some changes will have to be resolved through collective bargaining agreements. The Los Angeles Police Protection League also doesn’t seem willing to give up its traffic duties to civilians.
