Chief Brian Miller

Tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday we are expecting heavy snow.  I have my Traffic Division and Emergency Management on standby.  We will be monitoring the snow fall tonight and letting the street department know where there are icy conditions.

Tomorrow morning, if necessary, we will implement our emergency traffic plan. Motorists involved in a minor crash (no injuries, small damage) who call the police for a report will be instructed to move their car out of traffic and come to the police station for a report. Traffic officers will be on station to take added reports.

We receive three benefits from this approach.  One, the involved cars get out of the lane of traffic, clearing the streets for rush hour. Two, it doesn’t tie up our patrol officers so they can be ready to respond to more critical situations. Three, our officers don’t have to travel to the crash sites which will hopefully keep them out of hazardous conditions.

I am hoping the snow passes us.  I personally like snow but it is a pain in the butt for emergency services.

I will ask that you slow down if driving in snow.  In almost twenty years of being a lawman, I have never seen a traffic crash fatality where the vehicles were doing 20MPH. It just doesn’t happen.

Best of luck, stay warm and dry.

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