'Speed Watch' Volunteers Hit The Streets In Livermore

LIVERMORE CA – The all-volunteer "Speed Watch" program is back in Livermore!

The Livermore Police Department recently reintroduced the effort, designed to help identify city areas where speeding is a concern.

The program is staffed by trained Livermore police volunteers, who respond to various streets where neighborhood residents have expressed concerns of speeders, the department said.

The volunteers use radar guns and document vehicles, the license plates, makes and models, traveling in excess of 10 mph over the posted speed limit. Time and locations of speed infractions are then turned over to the Livermore Police Department’s traffic sergeant, and letters are mailed to the vehicles' registered owners "reminding them to please slow down," police said.

"Since the inception of the program, the Speed Watch Volunteers have been deployed to over 15 locations and have proved to be effective in reducing speed throughout the city," the agency said.

A "Request For Traffic Enforcement" is available online with the Livermore Police Department. "Use this form to advise us of a traffic-related problem," the department says. "Your request will be prioritized based on the availability of our resources and other requests made to us."

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