Around the City of Pittsburg

By Richard Penn

Your Pittsburg Police Department adopted the motto of “Our Community Our Commitment” seven years ago. We deal with quality of life issues. This raises questions from our citizens at times as to how aspects of enforcement affect their quality of life. A good example here would be traffic enforcement. Laws are designed not to tell you what you can do but what you can’t do. Numerous studies have shown that speed is the leading contributor to motor vehicle crashes. How could the police enforcing traffic laws affect my quality of life? I mean, the other driver is speeding, why should I be concerned?

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