OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – Oshkosh police say the number-one complaint they get from residents each year is about speeders.
So the police are giving those citizens an opportunity to help put a stop to the problem.
Police teach volunteers, like Brandon Lorenz, to use a RADAR gun.
“there’s streets that, you know, people turn into raceways….it’s a hazard for them, speeding…but it’s a hazrad for people that are actually trying to obey the speeding laws”
Volunteers are asked to periodically monitor for speeders in different city neighborhoods.
Officers Joe Nichols says it’s a big help to the department
“they don’t technically make a traffic stop, but what do is they gather the information on a sheet and that information is given to me”
Nichols contacts the drivers through the mail and gives them a written warning.
He sends out about 100 letters a year to the ledfoots.
The police department asks that volunteers watch for speeders for one hour a month, April through November.
Nichols says the program is in need of new volunteers. There will be another training this fall.
