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BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Patrolmen with the 2nd Security Forces Squadron recently began using moving radar technology, boosting speed enforcement to the next gear.
The new technology allows patrolmen to detect vehicle speeds on both lanes of traffic while on patrol, giving law enforcement an added tool to increase safety while combating speedsters on base.
“The new moving radar system is unlike anything that Barksdale has ever had before,” said Tech. Sgt. David Krick, 2nd SFS training instructor. “With the new technology, we can now expand speed enforcement and make it mobile adding that little extra bit of safety all over base supplementing our current stationary enforcement locations.”
Stationary enforcement stations, while useful, remove the element of surprise; with the new system, law enforcement hopes to change that.
“Now we can see speeders anywhere we have a patrol car equipped with the new system,” Krick said. “Speeders around base won’t have that warning or the knowledge of speeding enforcement checkpoints. With that, we are giving possible speeders something to think about. Hopefully, that will make them pay more attention to speed limits and deter them from speeding.”
With the new system now in effect, law enforcement takes notice of the high number of speeding vehicles around base.
“Being out there with the new radar for just for a couple of hours you can see how many people are speeding,” Krick said. “Motorists are speeding both on main base and on high-speed roads, especially the one going to the east side.”
Law enforcement believes that introducing the new system will also reduce incidents on base.
“Having this new capability is important to us,” Krick said. “That added security has the potential to reduce the chances of people getting hit or getting into accidents around the high-risk areas on base.
Another goal for the new system is to reduce speeding in residential areas.
“I think having this new technology is beneficial to all of us,” said Salote Caldwell, Army and Air Force Exchange Services senior sales associate. “Having that extra layer of protection makes the neighborhoods we live in safer. As a mother of four, it’s nice to know that there are efforts to monitor speeds in our neighborhoods reducing the number of careless drivers speeding while our kids are playing outside.”
Law enforcement officials say citing motorists is not the goal.
“Sometimes motorists get the impression that speed enforcement tools are a bad thing,” Krick added. “That these tools are a way for law enforcement to harass drivers, but that is not the case. The objective is not to cite anyone but to keep the base safe.
Along with the implementation of the new moving radar system, law enforcement expects to reduce the number of speeding infractions by deterring speeders, while decreasing the number of traffic accidents caused by speeding motorists, keeping Team Barksdale and its roads safe for everyone.
| Date Taken: | 12.08.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12.08.2015 09:42 |
| Story ID: | 183818 |
| Location: | BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA, US |
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