Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Perhaps This Is The Problem?

Las Vegas Metro cops are not going to respond to property damage only accidents.
From the LVRJ:
Las Vegas police clarified Wednesday how their new policy involving non-injury accidents will affect the public when the program begins March 3.
“We want to increase police presence where we notice heavier areas of fatalities,” said Metro Sgt. Todd Raybuck. “The alarming increase in fatalities over the last two years was the reason for this.”
Although the Traffic Bureau has seen fewer officers on patrol in the last 18 months, Raybuck said the changes were made with the idea of reducing fatalities, not saving money...
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas-police-seek-clarify-new-car-accident-response-policy
Yeah, well, that is a bunch of BS because other Metro officers could patrol those areas along with the motorcycle cops.
Perhaps this is the cause of the problem: According to Raybuck, Metro responded to over 23,000 crashes in 2013, 60 percent of which didn’t result in injuries. He said the average response time for each accident was more than 90 minutes.
90 minutes to investigate fender benders?  That's only 4-5 accidents an 8 hour shift these cops, who are trained to investigate accidents, investigate.
I have written several times how the NHP milks the clock investigating accidents.  It also appears that Metro is milking the clock when it comes time to investigating accidents.
Shame on Metro.

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