Dearborn police are sparking conversation around the way they’ve been conducting traffic stops lately.
A video making rounds on social media shows an officer posted at an intersection wearing plain clothing and signaling uniformed officers nearby.
“It’s pros and cons with everything. It can help with safety and everything but I don’t know,” said driver Tamia Williams.
Lt. Jason Skoczylas says it’s a part of a targeted plan to educate drivers about the dangers of distracted driving.
“We’re doing everything we can in our power to focus on this aspect of traffic enforcement. Whether it’s distracted driving, aggressive driving, people on their cell phones,” said Skoczylas.
He says it’s just one of many tactics they’re using to address a rise in crashes and citizen complaints they’ve been tracking.
“All our citizens, the most, the highest complaints are traffic safety, so we do want to send that message that we hear you and we want traffic safety for our citizens, people passing through the town, for kids playing in the street and everything, we want people to be safe in our town,” said Skoczylas.