Rochester Police Department Patrol Lieutenant Craig Anderson said, “It’s really kind of a good thing she got out and did this just because it is a reminder to everybody don’t take it for granted when you are leaving school.”
A good thing, but a problem RPD cannot fix, “Wouldn’t be one of our top traffic concerns to try to set something up as far as enforcement goes being that we do not enforce the private parking lot,” said Lt. Anderson.
The stop sign is on Mayo High School property so RPD does not have the authority to site someone until an accident.
Lt. Anderson says there are instances where they would cite someone on private property, “We do enforce laws on private property like DUI, careless driving and reckless driving and things like that.”
Lt. Anderson does not think a car crash is likely, “She’s right cars are not stopping for the stop sign but they are yielding to traffic, if you noticed there is really no traffic because it is a dead end street.”
He says maybe a stop sign is not needed, “A yield sign would be actually what they are required to do by actual statue.”
First quote . . . "kind of a good thing" Does that mean it isn't a good thing?
Second quote . . . "we do not enforce the private parking lot" It's a public school thus a public lot - right?
Third quote . . . "can't site someone (or is it cite?) We do enforce laws like DUIL, careless and reckless driving and things like that." What does 'things like that' mean?
Fourth quote . . . "there really isn't traffic because it is a dead end street." But didn't the lady video vehicles leaving a parking lot?
Fifth quote . . . "A yield sign would be actually what they are required to do by actual statue." Is this the Statue of Liberty or did the writer mean statute? What law mandates a yield sign?
Hunter Thompson said "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." I suppose he could've put it this way . . . "When the going gets weird, the weird become Police Lieutenants in Rochester Minnesota."
Many thanks to Lt. Anderson . . . I needed a good laugh and he delivered!
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