FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Since bringing back its traffic unit in September after a hiatus of more than 30 years, the four officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) tasked with representing it have been busy.
“We have a total of 4,046 tickets so far this year, and we wrote 4,254 in the last four months of 2024 that we were in existence, so they’re pretty close, and if I hadn’t had an officer off on two months … we probably would have exceeded those first four months,” said Sgt. John Shank, supervisor of the FWPD traffic unit.
Fort Wayne Chief of Police Scott Caudill resurrected the unit after receiving constant complaints about drivers speeding, driving recklessly and disregarding stop signs and traffic lights…