Traffic tickets

Recently, the question was asked, "Are the Policemen writing more tickets than they normally do?

The Salado Chief of Police reviewed the records and the following are the results:

Total Traffic Tickets for the Years 2008-2013:

2008 (records are only available for Nov and Dec)         72
2009 (Jan-Dec)                                                               708
2010 (Jan-Dec)                                                               726
2011 (Jan-Dec)                                                               437
2012 (Jan-Dec)                                                               347
2013 (Jan-Dec)                                                               635
2014 (Jan-June)                                                              363

In 2011, the Village had 2 Officers writing tickets every month.  1 Officer wrote tickets for 6 months and was sick for the other months.

In 2012, the Village had 2 Officers writing tickets every month.  1 Officer wrote no tickets for the year due to sickness.  A new Officer was hired the latter part of the year but wrote few tickets.  The Chief started writing tickets the last 3 months of the year.

These are the only explanations given for 2011-2012.

How does 2013 compare to 2014?

Year     Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep    Oct     Nov     Dec

2013    41       77       100     77        77        57       45     26        39      30       29        37

2014    62       51        66      81        46        57

In 2014, there is one additional Policeman that began in June.  If the second half of the year continues as is, the number of tickets will be akin to 2009 and 2010 followed closely by 2013.

At the end of the year, the Chief will give a closing report for 2014.

If you desire a copy of this report, please see Chief Hensley.

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