TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — The Tempe Police Department made hundreds of stops and dozens of arrests in a street racing crackdown over two weeks. Authorities say groups of people drive recklessly, and it often escalates into violence.
Tempe police say the groups plan large gatherings on social media. They often race in areas like the Mill Avenue bridge over Tempe Town Lake, Rio Salado Parkway, Hardy Drive, and in parking lots near those areas.
“The calls were coming in about gunshots, and cars racing, and doing burnouts and donuts,” said Tempe Police Sgt. Matthew Barker. People speed well past 100 miles per hour, and that is not all…