GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The “Green Bay Press Gazette” reports the number of speeding tickets written so far this year is triple the number written by mid-July in 2015.
The increase is a marked turnaround in speeding enforcement by the Green Bay Police Department.
Between 2008 and 2014, the number of tickets written by local police fell 83 percent.
Police had been writing fewer tickets for speeding over the past several years, with those falling by 83-percent from 2008 to 2014.
The article suggests the department had been under heavy pressure from city aldermen to reverse the trend.
Two dedicated traffic patrol positions were restored in February, and there’s been cut back on summertime training so more officers could spend time on the streets.
There’s also been grant money dedicated to operating a speed task force in partnership with surrounding communities.
