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La Salle approves $23,617 speed-tracking trailer · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal approves twenty three thousand, six hundred and seventeen dollars
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  speed tracking trailer. Written by Matthias Werner, This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlet.
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  Residents of Lasal may soon see the Lasal Police Department's
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  newest edition at an event or on the road around
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  the city. The city Council approved the purchase of a
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  new Stalker MC three hundred and sixty message trailer for
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  twenty three thousand, six hundred and seventeen dollars. The trailer
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  will be used for data collection and message displays. It
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  should be pointed out that this does not take pictures
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  of license plates or people. It is strictly collecting data
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  on how many cars go by in their speed. Second
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  Word Alderman Tom Pattak said, it gives our officers an
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  idea of when people are speeding between what hours, So
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  it's strictly to help with the labour cost of sending
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  an officer to a spot that has trouble with speeding.
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  The decision to make this purchase came after previous discussions
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  regarding a potential permanent sign to be placed on twenty
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  fourth Street. Following a resident approaching third Ward Alderman Joe
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  Jepson about a speeding problem on that road. As the chief,
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  this helps me assign officers at specific times when we're
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  seeing the most amount of speeding vehicles. Police Chief Jason
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  Stubbler said this helps with resource allocation and personnel deployment
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  in making the best use of patrol deployment resources. The
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  versatility of this type of trailer emerged from those discussions
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  as a better option for the police department in the city.
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  It serves as a digital sign that can help us
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  advertise our events that we've got going on. Tack said.
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  It's also solar powered, so I think it's a wise choice.
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  Stubbler said that once the trailer is shipped to the department,
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  it will put lettering on it to indicate it as
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  property of the department. I think this is a good
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  decision because we can move this thing around where we
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  want it. Mayor Jeff Grove said. Stubbler said at a
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  previous meeting of the Streets, Alleys and Traffic Committee that
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  the Oadsby Police Department had acquired a similar trailer that
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  far exceeded the capabilities and uses of the trailer that
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  the department currently owns. Fourth Ward Alderman T. Bou Herndon
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  pointed out that an advantage of purchasing a solar powered
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  trailer is that it eliminates the need for the police
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  to bring it back to the department for charging and
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  allows it to remain out in the city for extended periods.