The kids are aware of that and know when to raise hell. If the departments merged, hours could be stretched and better coverage provided and it wouldn't cost the citizens a dime. Just common sense as far as I am concerned. But I guess others don't see it that way. Maybe they don't understand police work very well.
Traffic violations remain the same.
Speeding is speeding and reckless driving is reckless driving. Parking, but that is all. I've written many tickets and have concluded that if you love your pets, you shouldn't let them run around town and if you own a big dog, maybe town is the wrong place for it. I have had problems with cats since the day I started. I have never really enforced the cat leash law that we have on the books, but when I get complaints, I go and talk to the owners and make clear they will get a ticket if they don't keep their animals under control.