the nation.. and the globe. 2-robert: first at 6 - they are sick of drivers speeding through their neighborhood - so they're spending their own
money to stop them. 2-shannon: the neighbhorhood is hiring travis county constables to patrol the area.. and write
tickets. as k-x-a-n's brittany glas explains... it's a proactive approach to deal with the city's police shortage. dena houston, homeowner: "i've seen a couple people complain, 'oh, the constable's out again.'"dena houston: "ok, you know, then
don't speed." laughs.brittany glas: dena houston says -- it's just ã¡that simple. dena houston: "my children grew up in this neighborhood. there are lots of little kids, and you know, people just shouldn't speed."brittany glas: houston says -- nothing
was working. dena houston: "they've put in speed bumps but that doesn't always slow people down."brittany glas: until now. the "highland park west balcones area neighborhood" pays an off-duty travis county constable -- ã¡sixty-dollarsã¡ an hour to do
random patrols during rush hours... peter sybesma, neighborhood assoc.: "there's once, maybe twice, maybe three times a week that the constable's out here."brittany glas: the neighborhood association president says -- it's serious. pieter sybesma,
neighborhood assoc.: "a neighbor was hit from behind as he was stopped to let someone cross hancock trying to go to school."brittany glas: and he says they can't rely on austin police to get the job done.pieter sybesma, pres., highland park west
balcones area neighborhood association: "apd does not have enough patrol officers to be able to at least do the traffic enforcement that neighborhoods want and expect." brittany glas: in 20-15, ã¡through only donationsã¡ -- the neighborhood spent nearly
ã¡six-thousandã¡ dollars for constable patrols... resulting in more than three-hundred traffic stops. last year -- almost ã¡eight-thousandã¡ dollars and nearly ã¡four- hundredã¡ traffic stops. and, this year, they hope to fund more than ã¡one-hundred--50
hoursã¡ of patrol time -- for ã¡nine-thousand-dollars.ã¡with increasing cut-through traffic... and speeding in and around this school zone... they say -- it's worth every penny. pieter sybesma: "we just want to make the neighborhood safer for all of
our neighbors."dena houston: "you just can't put a price on the safety of the children and the people in this neighborhood."brittany glas: brittany glas, k-x-a-n news.## shannon:the neighborhood association told us the constable's office does this
service for two other neighborhoods in town, but couldn't specify which ones. shannon: a constable is a peace officer.. whose primary focus is to serve the courts. for example.. enforcing court orders and subpoenas. in this neighborhood, the constable
primarily issues traffic citations... enforcing state law, not city ordinances.
car hire austin or rental mobil area balikpapan,speed limits and cut-through traffic fall under that. the tickets go through the justice of the peace court, not
money to stop them. 2-shannon: the neighbhorhood is hiring travis county constables to patrol the area.. and write
tickets. as k-x-a-n's brittany glas explains... it's a proactive approach to deal with the city's police shortage. dena houston, homeowner: "i've seen a couple people complain, 'oh, the constable's out again.'"dena houston: "ok, you know, then
don't speed." laughs.brittany glas: dena houston says -- it's just ã¡that simple. dena houston: "my children grew up in this neighborhood. there are lots of little kids, and you know, people just shouldn't speed."brittany glas: houston says -- nothing
was working. dena houston: "they've put in speed bumps but that doesn't always slow people down."brittany glas: until now. the "highland park west balcones area neighborhood" pays an off-duty travis county constable -- ã¡sixty-dollarsã¡ an hour to do
random patrols during rush hours... peter sybesma, neighborhood assoc.: "there's once, maybe twice, maybe three times a week that the constable's out here."brittany glas: the neighborhood association president says -- it's serious. pieter sybesma,
neighborhood assoc.: "a neighbor was hit from behind as he was stopped to let someone cross hancock trying to go to school."brittany glas: and he says they can't rely on austin police to get the job done.pieter sybesma, pres., highland park west
balcones area neighborhood association: "apd does not have enough patrol officers to be able to at least do the traffic enforcement that neighborhoods want and expect." brittany glas: in 20-15, ã¡through only donationsã¡ -- the neighborhood spent nearly
ã¡six-thousandã¡ dollars for constable patrols... resulting in more than three-hundred traffic stops. last year -- almost ã¡eight-thousandã¡ dollars and nearly ã¡four- hundredã¡ traffic stops. and, this year, they hope to fund more than ã¡one-hundred--50
hoursã¡ of patrol time -- for ã¡nine-thousand-dollars.ã¡with increasing cut-through traffic... and speeding in and around this school zone... they say -- it's worth every penny. pieter sybesma: "we just want to make the neighborhood safer for all of
our neighbors."dena houston: "you just can't put a price on the safety of the children and the people in this neighborhood."brittany glas: brittany glas, k-x-a-n news.## shannon:the neighborhood association told us the constable's office does this
service for two other neighborhoods in town, but couldn't specify which ones. shannon: a constable is a peace officer.. whose primary focus is to serve the courts. for example.. enforcing court orders and subpoenas. in this neighborhood, the constable
primarily issues traffic citations... enforcing state law, not city ordinances.
car hire austin or rental mobil area balikpapan,speed limits and cut-through traffic fall under that. the tickets go through the justice of the peace court, not
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