Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Wilson
I'm just saying, it seems like an awfully expensive way to catch speeders...
Of course, they're using our money  |
That depends on perspective I suppose. Take the cost of hiring enough patrolmen to enforce traffic in the same effective area to the same efficiancy and you'll see it start to even out.
With one air unit, they can flag as many speeders as needed with just two ground units. One to flag over offenders the other to issue the citations. Similar to a DUI checkpoint or Vehicle Inspection checkpoint.
With conventional tactics, you can only pull over one offender per unit at a time. For example, if there's 5 speeders you'd need 5(give or take) units to do the same job. at about $17/hr per patrolman, plus a ~$150000 (educated guesstimate) per cruiser (obviously aside from gas and maitnence a one time expense). Not to mention you still have to have all the other officers to respond to calls/emergencies/etc. That's very costly.