By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
ABOUT 38 people were cited for traffic violations during a police operation conducted at the Warren J Levarity Highway.
Police officers at the Eight Mile Rock Division launched operation “Snatch ‘Em” on Thursday between 5pm and 8pm.
The operation focused on prolific offenders and motorists who failed to adhere to traffic laws and regulations.
Drivers are reminded to obey the speed limit and comply with all Road Traffic Regulations.
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ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ok. How many cars do they estimate passed through the area? How many officers were standing around for 3 hours? What was the cost of that? What was the nature of these violations? How many of them were severe? 38 sounds very low for a dragnet operation. Use technology for traffic violations please. Technology with a maintenance plan and dont go with these companies that throw out million dollars prices like peanuts, assess what's being given the cost of the infrastructure, do an audit to determine if they purchased what they said they would at the quality they said they would, see who's on the payroll and if they're qualified for the job, if they're executing the job as they're allegedly being paid, these are the kinds of things we need to do to bring law and order and weed out corruption.
Marco's alert was a 6000 per year initiative for infrastructure. For manpower, the police force is monitoring the alerts so maybe 4 technicians at a cost of 200k. But we paid 4.3m for a 3 year contract. When we send these RFPs we need to know beforehand the approximate value of what we're asking for. If you need someone to build a spaceship they could charge what they want is only one of them. But text messaging for 4m dollars? Seriously?
ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Also before the technology launch have a massive reeducation campaign. Target immigrant populations as well. It is worth more to the state to have people use the roads correctly than play games of gatcha.
No sidewalk parking, no uturns, give way, no scooting into the traffic circle to beat cars coming around the roundabout within 1sec of you, give way turning left on red, no 3rd lane on a dual carriage way, slow moving traffic takes the left lane, no driving over medians to turn around
jamaicaproud 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Also before the technology launch have a massive reeducation campaign. Target immigrant populations as well.
Wow.. Target aka known as harrass
ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
No, I'm not going to advocate "harassment" of any marginalized community. There is a language barrier, the plan has to include a targeted message that reaches that community. They do the same when a hurricane is looming, they did the same for COVID. It's called "strategic planning"
If I was advocating for harassment of migrants I would not have said, "it's worth more to have people use roads correctly than play gatcha". I would have instead said yeah catch all dem migrants who dont know how to drive, but I'm well aware that Bahamians drive badly, that's why the reeducation is for everyone with language specific messaging targeted to migrant communities
ohdrap4 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Hadley anyone performs this type of cost valuation. Once I examined contracts for a landscaper. They visited the site and I expected them to write an itemized the list all the initial cleanup would be and the itemized list of what they would do on a weekly basis. I turned one down easily because his two paragraph proposal was very expensive and the only explanation contained was that he worked for homes in lyford cay, which budget I could not possibly match. He also said my dad would look like it never looked before, I was suspicious as it could look like a disaster like it never looked before as well.
ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I een see where he lie. Lol.
bahamianson 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Go to gladstone road and munnings road everyday around 4 pm until 7pm. You will make a lot of money. Go to nassau street and west bay street in the.morning. i am surw others can mention spots on new Providence. What the hell is the police doing over here? Maybe they can hore me as a consultant like moncur and reid and the commissioner of police, so i can make paper.
ExposedU2C 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I remember when it would cost $100 to drive through these occasional dragnet stops without receiving a citation. Now it only costs $50. One of the few things going in the opposite direction of inflation because our police, like so many of us, are struggling to feed themselves and their families.
ThisIsOurs 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Lol. So basically have a slow 50 ready
bahamarich 9 months, 2 weeks ago
OK i have to start by saying that by previously ignoring tons of extremely aggressive driving the police have set the tone that they are not interested in enforcing the law. This leads to people assuming other laws will not be enforced. It is easier to enforce the larger crimes when all crimes are enforced. I'm hopeful that any enforcement of traffic laws will decrease my aniexty with extreme high speed driving and ridiculous passing on 2 lane roads.
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