Since covid, I’ve seen more traffic violations than ever before and have seen 1 traffic stop (literally). People drive fast, pass in the bike lane or in the street parking, rarely stop at stop signs, and do not yield to pedestrian crossing. In Indianapolis, the police budget is 1/3 of the entire city tax revenue, so how do we have safer streets?

:edit: shared link is 100 pedestrians were reported hit in August 2024

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    Local politics. Sherrif is usually an elected position by the public directly or by an elected body. Sherrifs tend to have pretty strong sway in the culture of the departments.

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      Cool, thank you. I’ll start finding out who/when those are