The following information is the monthly statistics regarding law enforcement activities for the Cape Charles Police Department.
– Calls for service in Cape Charles: 93
– Calls for service outside of Cape Charles: 17
– Felony arrests: 0
– Misdemeanor Arrests: 2
– Traffic Summons: 56 (see page 2.)
– Traffic Warnings: 68 (written& verbal): – Parking tickets: 11
– Building Checks: 27
– Assisted Northampton County Sheriff’s Office: 17
– Assisted Virginia State Police: 0
– Assisted Federal Agencies: 0
– Assisted Fire& Rescue: 6
– Foot Patrol Hours: 61
– Bay creek patrol hours: 40
The following took place in July:
– Sgt Potts took class on culture diversity
Traffic Summons:
1.Speeding 45/25 zone 2. No front tag 3. No o/l in possession 4. Altered tags 5. No front tag 6. Speeding 56/25 zone 7. Reckless driving general 8. Speeding 43/25 zone 9. Speeding 44 25 zone 10. Stopping on highway 11. Speeding 43/25 zone 12. Speeding 44/25 zone 13. No inspection 14. Speeding 40/25 zone 15. Speeding 40/25 zone 16. Speeding 45/25 zone 17. Speeding 45/25 zone 18. Expired registration 19. Expired inspection 20. No front tag 21. Speeding 43/25 zone 22. Speeding 44/25 zone 23. Speeding 41/25 zone 24. No state inspection 25. Speeding 40/25zone 26. Expired registration 27. Speeding 39/25 zone 28. Speeding 40/25 zone 29. Speeding 58/40 zone 30. Speeding 44/25 zone 31. Speeding 40/25 zone 32. Speeding 40/25 zone 33. Expired registration 34. Speeding 42/25 zone 35. Speeding 42/25 zone 36. Speeding 41/25 zone 37. Speeding 41/25 zone 38. Speeding 41/25 zone 39. Speeding 40/25 zone 40. Disregard stop sign 41. Driving while suspended 42. Speeding 40/25 zone 43. Speeding 40/25 zone 44. No inspection sticker 45. Speeding 42/25 zone 46. Speeding 44/25 zone 47. Speeding 38/25 zone 48. Speeding 42/25 zone 49. Speeding 43/25 zone 50. Speeding 43/25 zone 51. Speeding 41/25 zone 52. Expired state inspection 53. Expired state inspection 54. Speeding 45/25 zone 55. Speeding 39/25 zone 56. Speeding 44/25 zone
ARRESTS: 1. Possession of marijuana 2. Trespassing
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This just shows once again what a speed trap CC is. I bet plenty of new equipment will be coming from this financial windfall(lowering speed limits around town) .
NO ONE SHOULD BE SPEEDING THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS OF CAPE CHARLES!
As cars are parked close together, no motorist approaching at 25 mph, let alone 10 to 15 MPH over the speed limit, could stop in time if a child ran out after a ball or a pedestrian stepped out to access the driver’s side door.
More should be in favor of, out in support for law enforcement doing their diligence in Cape Charles and in the surrounding county. It is not about revenue, it’s about preserving safety. Pedestrian safety at a time when an increasingly hostile mentality behind the wheel, “gives a damn, about everyone else.”
Next time you see an officer, pulling over a car or pickup truck. A reminder; next time that “may be you!”
As there is an ordinance for too loud or modified exhaust systems for gasoline and diesel pickup trucks, a majority of the readers would like to see this, “on the books” rule, enforced as well.
Speeding 56 MPH in a 25 MPH zone is 31 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT!!
A disregard of this magnitude for the lives and safety of another should result in the immediate revocation of the driver’s license.
I am angry and disgusted over the perceived thoughtlessness of a subset of our society, who considers their cavalier actions permissible.
The speed limit is 25 throughout town. If the town wanted a financial windfall all they would have to do is set up radar on Madison Ave. Madison doesn’t have any dips or bumps, thus it’s a super highway. No one seems to care. Maybe it will take a child getting hit to wake people up.
No One Should Be Speeding Through The Narrow Streets and Corridors of Poor Visibility, which comprise Cape Charles.
As cars are parked close together, no motorist approaching at 25 mph, let alone 10 to 15 MPH over the speed limit, could stop in time if a child ran out after a ball or a pedestrian stepped out to access the driver’s side door.
More should be in favor of, out in support for law enforcement doing their diligence in Cape Charles and in the surrounding county. It is not about revenue, it’s about preserving safety. Pedestrian safety at a time when an increasingly hostile mentality behind the wheel, “could care less, about everyone else.”
Next time you see an officer, pulling over a car or pickup truck. A reminder; next time that “may be you!”
As there is an ordinance for too loud or modified exhaust systems for gasoline and diesel pickup trucks, a majority of the readers would like to see this, “on the books” rule, enforced as well.
Please, if you check the majority of these tickets are being written on the harbor road,by old reliable building and bay-creek road not on the in town roads. Don’t fool yourself the new speed limit changes were for the golf cart crowd and revenue. I support the police and think their job is very difficult.I do not however support a revenue based driven enforcement.The money for theses tickets should go toward local charities or even local schools, then let’s see if the numbers increase or decrease.
The “un-intelligentsia, is a percentage of those heading towards or departing their shift at Bay Shore Concrete, the marina, and industrial park. Alluding the watchful eye of Northampton’s deputy positioned recently at Bay Storage’s property. For when said deputy’s vehicle was not present, a stream of those traversing Parsons Circle and Old Cape Charles Road at speeds in excess of legal, is commonplace. The jurisdiction of Northampton County (Parsons Circle including Old Cape Charles Road), in contrast to the speed reduction from 50 to 25 mph, found on County 184 a.k.a., Stone Road; is the logical choice of least resistance. Consequently, a no-holds-barred route of choice, for those with no-stake-in-the-game, who’ve never lost a loved one…two loved ones, to an aggressive driver. Those whose diesel and YOT roar, is a stick in the heart reminder of what might have been. As I speak from the authority of what was, please try to think of someone other than yourself and slow down, to save a life.