Yes

How would doing higher citations make cops better?

Is that like beating homeless people to improve morale?

hence...... holding them accountable for the low citations?

That is literally my point. The CPD should be held accountable for not doing their job (at traffic enforcement).

That said, stripping a CPD of their gun if they're only on traffic enforcement creates a huge amount of issues. For example, it gives them a good excuse to increase head count as they would claim needing x number of people for patrol vs y for traffic. If you just treat them the same it keeps the budget down. Plus, if a traffic stop is done on someone dangerous, it feels like a waste for them to need to call in backup. Not every traffic stop is citing someone parking in the bike lane.

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Bounty programs are ripe for abuse. Traffic cameras aren't legal in Cambridge/MA, so a bounty program likely wouldnt be either

Is he the guy that CPD shot earlier this week? The machete incident?

If not cops, then who? I thought they're the ones giving out tickets.

Sure am. How did you figure that out?

We don't need more cops, we at most,need them to actually do their jobs.

And citing someone for parking in a bike lane doesn't require carrying a gun. Hell, it wouldn't even require cops if we could create a bounty program like some other cities have

My thoughts. It had been less than a day since the incident.

You have to tell me if you are.

I'm not a cop. To be honest, it's not cops I want to be bestowing comically large numbers of traffic tickets.

That was fast.

lol - are you a cop?

Yes please!

I thought there's already enough PD presence as it is? I see cop cars all around.

For the amount of infrastructure Cambridge spends money on to reduce cyclist/pedestrian deaths and promote traffic easing, they should consider just increasing PD presence for much cheaper

They don’t enforce traffic laws out of fear of being labeled inequitable in their enforcement.

Should those be comically high instead?

Only thing the CPD needs to be held accountable for is their comically low traffic citations.

I think we should start by assuming they're doing their jobs. While there are a lot of shady PDs, CPD does a good job overall.

There's body cam footage, witnesses, and physical evidence, and the DA is investigating. If those show suspicious things, then the cops should be questioned. If not, let's support the people who have to respond to calls of machete wielding attackers jumping out of windows.

Gusts cause my triple decker to oscillate. Gets super annoying because the wind has to be just so before it starts.

It's not their sworn duty to prevent anything.

Withdrawals. Who told you it was Ok to quit cold turkey?

The tailor at keezers (le courtier) on Mass Ave is Black. Not sure how that business arrangement works. But I also liked Porter sq dry cleaners like the other post said.

Baking.