https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/29/george-floyd-protest-fallout-continues/

https://abc7ny.com/nypd-police-officers-patrick-lynch-quitting/12372321/

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-12-17/cops-are-quitting-the-story-of-a-retired-mclean-county-patrol-sergeant-may-help-explain-why

and on and on...

shrug

I would add that in today's age where every confrontation (with police, neighbors, flight attendants, etc) is recorded and ends up on the internet. Unless the person is completely reckless and putting others in immediate danger, they're not going to bother with minor offenses. It's so easy to do a reverse image search and pull information on everyone which directly puts families in danger.

Don't get me wrong, I believe in accountability for ones actions, but I can definitely see how things can escalate from a basic traffic stop.

Hate to break it to you it’s not just Yale, everywhere is backup

They were getting downvotes because of the completely baseless yet obnoxiously pervasive narrative that BLM somehow neutered cops

THANK YOU

Try Digestive Disease Associates; no idea about cost of their services if they’re out of network for you (which I assume they are).

GI specialist

You can go anywhere you want. The question is how much you will pay for it. And it’s not like we can make a specific recommendation without a clue as to what specialty you need.

This should get awards, not downvotes. That makes sense. Doesn't make sense for state troopers to be traffic cops. Damn that's broken.

I generally agree that in New Haven and throughout the entire state the number of cops patrolling and enforcing traffic laws had decreased (seemingly A LOT).

I doubt this is a big contributor but for what it’s worth: cops cannot pursue vehicles on chases, so for the more nefarious individuals running lights and committing other crimes, they just have to drive away to avoid the police…

I'm sure I'll get tons of down votes but here goes:

Parking tickets [non-moving violations] and property taxes are the primary sources of income for New Haven.

The revenue from moving violations like:

• speeding tickets
• running stops / red lights
• loud mufflers
• bright lights
• loud music
• inspection violations
• tints

all goes to the state of CT -and this would certainly include red-light cameras.

That is why you pay speeding tickets here:

https://www.jud2.ct.gov/CIBEpay/EnterTicket

Versus paying for parking ticket here:

https://www.tocite.net/newhavenct/portal#

NHPD doesn't care about moving violations because there's no monetary gain for NH. That and the 'quiet quitting' of police forces across the nation that may be attributed to [among other things] COVID and George Floyd.

Infrastructure doesn't make people run red lights. Frustration with infrastructure maybe, but how someone responds to stimuli is the definition of human behavior. Inserting discomfort to make unwanted behaviors less efficient is exactly how you change behavior. I'm all for roundabouts though or teleportation.

I’m not sure how true it is, I’m just a bartender who hears a lot of hearsay from city and state employees when they’re out drinking.

Cool,maybe it’ll just stay an hardware store. That’d be nice.

Good thing they did. OP seems to think police exist to generate state income. Fines are a tool to discourage illegal behavior, not a source of income for a municipality.

See below for an interesting read: https://ww2.motorists.org/press/revenue-drives-red-light-cameras-not-safety/

the way people drive is less a human behavior problem than a road infrastructure problem, which is why you can't ticket your way out of it

you've got cars in the middle of a city with people walking which is just fucking stupid. we might as well put roads through the middle of costco

lots of countries don't even use 4 way intersections, because they're dumb

Well that's at least a reason. Thank you for your comment.

Apparently a bunch of years back they shot down red light cameras as they were trying to revitalize downtown and didn’t want to discourage people from outside new haven from coming to the city on account of tickets.

Excuse the cynicism, but nothing gets done until people are dead and families sue :/

That's exactly the point. If running a light costs you $150 every time you get caught, you'd probably think of yellow lights differently. And if slamming on your breaks causes the person following too closely to hit you and they get ticked for wreckless driving, they'd think differently next time too.

I could go for more tickets for things like red lights and double parking and such. What I don't care about is the speeding tickets everyone is always more obsessed with. To me it's more about how someone's driving than how fast someone's driving, but this are harder tickets to issue so get ignored.

As someone who lives near an intersection, I’d like to see more “written warning - inspection required” - for vehicles with those aftermarket exhaust systems that sound like kazoos, and perhaps some reckless operation tickets for accelerating wildly. Considering that NHPD can barely stop organized street racing, I don’t think traffic enforcement is a priority for them.

possibly the families of the state-record-breaking 66 pedestrians & bicyclists killed by cars this year

Bad Take, who want's more traffic tickets?

Yes, my motivation is to understand how I should feel about it. I have a Jeep, should curbs be optional? What sort of advice should I be giving my children when I say things like "Yellow means slow down" when there is ample example of that being untrue?