Police Blotter

 In the fall of 2005, I attended a meeting with village officials as well as village residents. During this meeting, residents voiced their concern about traffic violations within the village particularly in the Suffern High School area. As a result of this meeting, the traffic safety unit along with the patrol force has targeted this area for strict enforcement.

 In the month of January, 105 tickets were issued in Montebello and more than half of these were for moving violations. The police department used our speed monitoring trailer to help reduce speeding violations. I hope you have seen this trailer in your neighborhood, however, due to weather conditions we are unable to put the unit out as often as possible. Once spring arrives we anticipate placing this unit in strategic locations throughout the town and your village.

 From January 1^st to February 15^th there was a total of 36 accidents in your village. Five of these accidents involved injuries, however none were serious. North Airmont Road had the highest number of accidents (9) and Route 202 had 7 accidents. These areas experience heavy traffic and are a concern to the police department.

 I would like to inform the village residents that the police department has a child restraint seat installation program. If any resident needs a child restraint seat installed they may call 357-2766 ext. 423 for an appointment. One of the department’s trained technicians will install the seat, however, this procedure may take approximately one hour. Those residents that have a seat may request a technician to inspect it to ensure that it was properly installed.