'People just don't slow down': FWPD gives update on traffic unit at City Council

Fort Wayne Police Issue 4,000+ Tickets

Source: Policeman on crime scene . Red plastic tape and police officer, gun belt, handcuffs and gun.With a sunshine flare coming in. FORT WAYNE, Ind — Since relaunching its traffic unit in September after a 30-year hiatus, the Fort Wayne Police Department has issued over 4,000 tickets this year. Sgt. John Shank, who oversees the unit, says they nearly matched the total ticket count from the final four months of 2024 and likely would have exceede…

Fort Wayne Police updates City Council on new traffic unit

Fort Wayne police officers with the department’s new traffic unit have written more than 8,000 tickets in eight months.

'People just don't slow down': FWPD gives update on traffic unit at City Council

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Since bringing back its traffic unit in September after a hiatus of more than 30 years, the four officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) tasked with representing it have been busy. "We have a total of 4,046 tickets so far this year, and we wrote 4,254 in the last four months of 2024 that we were in existence, so they're pretty close, and if I hadn't had an officer off on two months ... we probably would h…