LATHROP – One of the fastest-growing cities in California is boosting its police force to keep up with the population. A new traffic unit is coming to Lathrop.
It’s estimated thousands of new residents move to Lathrop every year.
But one thing that may surprise you is the police department hasn’t had a unit dedicated to traffic since it was established.
That’s all changing with the force now looking for four traffic patrol officers.
“It’s good to see, one of the things we’ve had issues with is red light runners, stop sign runners,” Frankie Romo said.
Romo has lived in Lathrop for five years and has seen how fast the city has grown.
“I think they did a good job trying to curb that with the addition of lights over stop signs,” he said. “But we still see an issue over really critical intersections where kids are trying to get to and from school. So more patrol I definitely welcome it.”
Some locals like Romo feel the department is playing catch up.