Arizona republican., 1920-09-12
"Lay the Law On the Speeders"
 Orders of Police Chief BrisbOis

Drivers of motor cars in Phoenix perhaps do not realize the fact that this city possesses the most courteous police department 10 be found in the West.
 Let the average Phoenician depart from his home city for a few weeks, sojourning in the beautiful towns on the west coast, perchance there avail ing himself of a speedy, or otherwise, automobile, with which to test the smoothness of the California roads.
 He is certain to return to his home town an ardent booster for the police department of this city. for no man who has ever fallen into. the traps of the California sped cops, will complain of the treatment accorded him in Phoenix.
 A great many motorists of Phoenix apparently do not know that we have speed laws here. They may have heard that it was unfare to travel over East Van Buren faster than 90 miles an hour. So it is for some people. And they also have no respect for speed on Grand avenue They open the cutout and let 'er go, and go she does.
 But. at last the patience of the po- lice department is becoming exhausted. After stopping approximately 2,900 people who have exceeded the speed limits since January first and arrest ing only 54 of this number, the lid is being shut with bang. Gentleness and courtesy has failed to produce the desired results Now the speedep will zig up to the taxpayers for his joy ride and if he is short on cash, he will be permitted to spend few pleasurable hours in the city tank.
 Take a glance at the following sta tistics. They show arrests made for speeding, open mufflers and reckless driving.
 Since January first. 54 arrests have been made for speeding. although over 2900 people were stopped and told that they were exceeding the speed limit. There were 90 arrests for open muf fIers. which is about 5000 less than would have been made in some Cali fornia cities. Reckless driving fur nished 13 arrests. The foregoing fig ures do not reflect upon the city po- lice department. Rather are they a compliment to the efforts the officers are making to educate the public along saner driving lines.
 In speaking of the efforts that have been made in the past to curb speeding. Officer Nick Pappo motorcycle police man says We always give the motor ist the benefit of the doubt. as we know that one speedometer can be wrong as well as another.
 However, when a motorist exceeds all reason in speeding within the city limits. we arrest him. I stop anywhere from 90 to 50 drivers each day, warn ing them of the fact that they are go- ing too fast. and asking them to ob- serve the speed laws. 1 do not believe it should be necessary to continually warn people. and from now on will take into custody any driver exceeding the speed limit. The same is going to be true with drivers running around with open mufflers. and from now on, a premium is going to be put on the capture of the reckless driver.
 Chief Brfsbois has instructed his force to be on the lookout for corner mutters, drivers who cut in on other machines they are passing, crowding them into other machines or the curb, and also autoists who dash past street cars discharging passengers.
 Motorists who have respect for the law and who are qualified to drive all ways remember that the pedestrian is at a disadvantage. He Is not as speedy as an automobile. He is not as heavy, and consequently when collision oc- CUTS betwen an automobile and a ped estrian. the latter generally is the first to give ground.
 Recklessness on the part of some those who abide by the law and com mon sense. Now that school is about to start, it behooves every motorist to