Traffic
EDUCATION Conduct initial public awareness campaigns via PIO/ media. Utilize reader boards in designated areas to educate motorists and pedestrians using roadway pedestrian presence and law enforcement operations. Create and distribute informative and instructional posters and display conspicuously in traffic corridors. ENFORCEMENT Conduct targeted enforcement of drivers, focusing on right-of-way (ROW) and other contributing violations such as speed, impaired driving and distracted driving. Conduct targeted enforcement of pedestrians, focusing on crossing laws and ROW violations. ENGINEERING Present data to City of Reno traffic engineers for additional analysis during bi-weekly meetings focusing on hot spots and citizen complaints. Assess engineering dynamics in the field and forward concerns to engineers.
Our Mission The Traffic Section is committed to enhancing traffic safety for our community through education, enforcement and engineering.
Traffic Highlights The Traffic Section has oversight of four full time Driving Under the Influence (DUI) enforcement officers. These officers are experts in their field, and continue to be a model of policing excellence with more than 900 DUI arrests during 2019. RPD continues to lead the state in its enforcement efforts and has the region's only full time DUI unit. DUIS PER YEAR
710
2014
1,030
1,033
2017
2018
922
793 648
2015
2016
2019
Traffic Staffing
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In 2019, RPD increased its staffing of the Traffic Section by adding one additional DUI officer. The Traffic Section is now composed of one lieutenant, two sergeants, two detectives, six crash investigators, four DUI officers, thirteen motor officers, one civilian support person, and one part-time victim advocate.
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