Tracking Speeding Police Officers

By The Associated Press
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City trying to keep its officers from speeding in non-emergecy situations by using satellite car-locaters in patrol cars. Tracking Speeding Police Officers
Published: Fri, August 22, 2008 - 10:06 am Last Updated: Fri, August 22, 2008 - 10:10 am
FORT LAUDERALE, Fla. (AP) - Most drivers can easily recall at
least one occasion where they saw a police cruiser flying down the
road for no apparent reason.
But the city of Fort Lauderdale is trying to keep its officers
from speeding in non-emergecy situations by using satellite
car-locaters in patrol cars. Any officer driving faster than 80 mph
without a good reason faces disciplinary action.
Since the monitoring began a year ago, city records show 29
officers have been written up or disciplined for speeding. Some
officers were caught driving faster than 90 mph. One officer was
caught speeding 30 times.
Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of
Police union, says the public is often wrong when they think an
officer has no legitimate reason to speed.
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Information from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel,
http://www.sun-sentinel.com

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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