GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Green Bay Police Department is getting extra help from residents to combat speedy drivers.
Police are partnering with Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to crack down on speeding.
“My little 2-year-old, I have to be on him when he’s out here in the front yard,” said Aandreana Zimmerman, a Green Bay resident.
Zimmerman has lived in the Tank neighborhood for a couple months now. She says she’s worried about speeding motorists in her neighborhood.
“The fact that it’s friendly, I’d probably have them go slower,” said Zimmerman.
A concerning road for residents regarding speed is 12th Avenue. It intersects a lot of main roads like Lombardi and Shawano Avenues.
“One of our number one complaints in the city of Green Bay is traffic and the way people drive and the speed that they drive at,” said Lieutenant Ben Allen with the Green Bay Police Department.
Allen says the police department is partnering with Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to recruit and train volunteers to observe and report speed violations throughout the city.
“We’ll send them out in groups of two with the radar gun, and they’re there to observe and report what they see,” said Allen.
If the information the volunteers gather shows someone committing a violation, the registered owner of the vehicle will get a letter in the mail.
“It’s not a speeding citation, not a warning, it’s just a letter to say, ‘Hey, your vehicle was observed at this time and day in this location,'” said Allen. “Then a little blurb about safe driving in Green Bay.”
It’s called “Community Speed Watch” — something Zimmerman says she can get behind.
“I think it’d be great,” said Zimmerman, “because my anxiety just goes up higher.”
Police will use the information the volunteers collect to look at specific problem areas.
“The [Police Department] will deploy our traffic unit to those areas if we see an uptick or a large pocket of violations, so then we can target those areas to help alleviate the speeding issues and traffic violations,” said Allen.
“Go slower, there’s no rush to go,” said Zimmerman.
Police hope this will ultimately make Green Bay neighborhoods and streets safer for all.
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