Concord Police Department will conduct a traffic enforcement operation intended to educate drivers and pedestrians on traffic laws meant to keep them safe on the road.
Today between 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., officers will be looking for illegal and dangerous violations made by drivers.
Special attention will be directed toward drivers speeding, red light violations, distracted driving, making illegal turns, not stopping for signs and signals or any other traffic violation.
The Concord Police Department often analyzes accident data to identify locations and violations that cause those accidents. Extra officers will be on duty patrolling the areas where traffic congestion and collisions occur.
The goal of this enforcement operation is to decrease traffic related injuries and deaths, while encouraging safe driving.
Tomorrow might have been a better choice given all the young ones out and about.
“Today between 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., officers will be looking for illegal and dangerous violations made by drivers.
Special attention will be directed toward drivers speeding, red light violations, distracted driving, making illegal turns, not stopping for signs and signals or any other traffic violation.”
Isn’t this part of their job description 24/7??
funny, and true…
MONEY GRAB!!!!!
Yep there is absolutely no correlation between traffic law enforcement and a reduction in roadway accidents, injuries, fatalities and overall crime reduction….. Life is so much safer when the police just set at the station house and wait for calls for service.
Proactivity is so overrated.
Good job CPD keep up the good work
Do they actually think that the habitual law violators are going to waste their time to attend? Increase fines by 100% and maybe that will get their attention.
Attend what? It’s increased patrolling, not a class.
I wonder how many are offended at the notion that between 5-9 they are targeted and obviously scorned harshly by media posts
I think targeting only these violators during a certain period is infringing on their rights and or choice of not conforming to laws that don’t fit their own definition of how they want or are meant to be seen or operate a vehicle or define themselves.
I believe that de slacker should hold a town meeting to address the obvious targeting of people who don’t identify with following these ordinances or laws or common sense.
further more a direct assault perpetrated against said entities who have declined to be called speeders or red light runners or illegal turners
by increasing said patrols and enforcement is inherently detrimental to their street cred and violates their arrival times to their destinations
gov newscum should be outraged and force the police to either stop these heinous attacks or pay the violators reparation’s for their lost time and or infringed right to not conform.
without a doubt by allowing increased police presence also goes directly against sanctuary policies of reducing police presence to allow for these violations and others ….
you cant have it both ways or change the rules when ever you need a donation or a secured vote ….that in itself also violates sanctuary status
please with sugar on top stop these fascist tactics or it may lead to less crime overall and lead to other arrests which are not a sanctuary approved ideal and not acceptable to Pelosi or the city council and anyone else who refuses to abide to the lawlessness warranted by the political government of this state.
please allow these free roaming violators their right to not be enforced upon by the outdated laws of common sense and a law driven society …the people want mexico laws and bribes to be the norm so please stop these enforcement operations that allow the take over of a civilized free America
I think I smell sarcasm, but I can’t be sure. This sounds like another rant.
It’s pretty hard to complain about the police doing their job. Yes, this should be what they do 24/7, but at least they are focusing on these petty crimes that often result in collisions and injury.
I just hope they don’t pull me over!
@RandomTask. Great comment!
Shouldn’t this be done through out the day and not for four hours only every so often? And do you truly believe this will be effective? I mean people drive pretty stupid all the time because PD aren’t out patrolling and cracking down just like criminals do what they do because they know there is no punishment.
From 5 PM – 9 PM?
What do they do for the other 20 hours of the day?
I’d say coffee and donuts, but won’t because some might think I’m serious. PD shifts include responding to citizen complaints (noise, neighbor disputes, domestic disturbances, etc), reported crimes, occasionally aiding a citizen, and traffic matters (ticketing, stranded motorists, accidents, etc.). I went on an Oakland PD ride-along, and 7 or our 13 calls were for domestic troubles and those are absolutely the worst – we never knew what to expect. A report has to be prepared for each call answered, so paper work eats up a lot of time.
Paperwork
After getting it all on dash cam it needs to be done. Swerving, stopping in lanes of traffic to pick up or drop off passenger, hitting curbs, crossing 5 lanes of traffic and driving with brights on are just a drop in the bucket. The danger are higher and the negligence has gotten out of hand. If they don’t do it who is suppose too?
So no tickets, just educational lectures?
“Today between 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., officers will be looking for illegal and dangerous violations made by drivers….”
So, what are they normally doing when not responding to an incident?
Wow
Knew you would fall for that and accept everything else
You must be Proud follower
You by chance with the dem media or communist socialist party
Several occasions to answer simple questions
Evade blame ridicule and in the end
The Hillary defense when people die
Quote Hillary ….what difference does it make now !
Oh and wow allready a Ukrainian quote monger just like the hanging chad
Oh yeah and Russia and mueller and millions of wasted tax money crying over a lost election of your fuhrer
But yeah at least your legacy is the influx of millions of illegals and yeah that’s about it
I recommend you refill that sedative prescription. You appear to be riding the edge.
So once in a while they actually do their job and they announce it?This does not help their already bad image.All they need to do is sit in Turtle Creek by the tennis courts and watch EVERY SINGLE CAR run the stop sign as they turn right.
At 9:01 I’m running a stop sign.
Wow… The majority of the comments I read were so rude and disrespectful. Get your head out of your.. Butt!
These officers risks their lives on a daily basis to protect your life and this is how you repay them? If their job is so flipping easy let’s see you do it! Hmmm… No takers? The concord police officers have saved my mothers life, my little brothers life and my 2 baby sisters. How dare any of you talk down about them and disrespect them. Have compassion and understanding that the police are human beings with a lot on their plate. The fact that they warned you to be on your best behavior because they are upping patrol should be seen as them being respectful and courteous to let the public know. But everyone is so flipping rude they can’t see that! As the kids say nowadays as ”good looking out man” you see it as them bragging? Your so childish you are seriously going to threaten that at ”9:01” your going to break the law? For what? And what happens if hit an oncoming car and kill the mother and infant in the other car? Just to brag to others on this site that you believed you are above the law? Because there’s a high chance you won’t get caught? Grow up! Your joking right? ”A money grab?” Is that what you call protecting our safety?
To hear the way people speak about our officers is disgraceful, demeaning and so rude!!! My mother told me growing up if I don’t have anything nice to say I shouldn’t say anything at all. But I will speak up to bullies. I’m pretty sure that not a single one of you that was just talking trash is an officer of the law. And you will turn a blind eye to this or just have something obnoxiously and rude, demeaning, degrading, and hurtful to say in return to this post.. But seriously… If the words you speak in a daily basis are this negative; I am so thankful you are not my friend or family member. I would be ashamed and embarrassed by you! If you seriously had nothing better to do with your time then write something this hurtful to people who are already over worked and underpaid, I pitty you. And if they make more money then you… Go on I challenge you to do their job. Only then do you have the right to say anything. I hope my children learn to be respectful of the men and women who watch over our cities on a daily basis. I hope they continue to stand up to bullies and do what is right. My family wouldn’t be here if these men and women weren’t out there.
As for the officers tonight I know you will probably never read this but stay safe out there tonight! Get home safely to your families moms, dads, Husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, your newborns, toddlers and teens they need you! And so do we, even if we hate to admit it. No matter what anyone says or the hideous disrespectful comments you see, mocking you, and your life remember you make a difference! You are respected, loved and appreciated!
They need to come and sit at my house and just listen to the speeding,racing,etc. I live near the intersection at Solano Wy/Grant St/Fairfield St. and its has gotten so bad. people crossing the onramp everyday are at high risk of being hit. I have lived here for 13 yrs. We have had people fly around and onto the ramp and have missed and came through the cyclone fence. So Mr. Mayor what can be done for this Thank-You Robin Gibson
Why do people always have to find things to complain about? Obviously the police department patrols and looks for offenders every day when they work. Can’t they just get a thank you for trying to save people’s lives who drive distracted?
So here I am, complaining about someone complaining about people complaining. When will this madness ever end?
Actually, I’m glad to hear this and I hope the results will be published. I just wish they would conduct one during dropoff and pickup times on the streets around the local schools. Sometimes it looks like those drivers got their license out of a box of cereal.