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- From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner)
- Newsgroups: austin.talk
- Subject: Re: speed traps on 2222
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.192010.9571@novell.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 19:20:10 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.153408.5463@wixer.cactus.org> <1992Nov16.233314.8400@novell.com> <1992Nov17.133423.11395@wixer.cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Nov17.133423.11395@wixer.cactus.org> reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan) writes:
- >The only problem with that is that police presence around 2222 is
- >practically nill -- despite its reputation and history. I think 2222 is
- >covered by Travis County jurisdiction. In addition to being spread too
- >thin, the sherrif's dept has never shown much interest in enforcing
- >traffic laws.
-
- Yes, APD at least seems to be more interested in revenue generation
- than actually protecting public safety. Does anyone have any idea
- about how to go about pressuring the police to explain their screwed
- priorities? I'm not specifically referring to 2222 - I'm mainly
- thinking of the nuts who're blowing through red lights on 183 (among
- other places).
-
- Brendan
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