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'S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE WAS HURT. NO ARRESTS, EITHER. PATRICK: MILWAUKEE'S MAYOR SAYS REDUCING RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE CITY IS A TOP PRIORITY. 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD SHOWS US THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEXT STEP IN ITS CRACKDOWN. >> THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUES THAT THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE FACES. REPORTER: WITH A FOCUS, ON RECKLESS DRIVING. MILWAUKEE'S NEW TRAFFIC SAFETY UNIT. HAS ISSUED MORE THAN 8,700 CITATIONS IN ITS FIRST THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. >> DATA SHOWS THAT MOST OF THESE CITATIONS FROM PEOPLE EITHER SPEEDING OR IGNORING TRAFFICS SIGNS AND STOPLIGHTS. IS THAT A LOT FOR YOU GUYS WITH THIS NEW UNIT OR IS THAT ABOUT AVERAGE OF WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE? >> WELL, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SAFE AT HOME ORDER. WE HAD A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLES, BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE A DEFINITE UPTICK IN REGARDS TO OUR ENFORCEMENT. PATRICK: ACTING POLICE CHIEF JEFF NORMAN SAYS ENFORCEMENT IS ONLY PART OF THEIR RECENT CRACKDOWN. NEXT COMES, EDUCATION STARTING WITH NEW BILLBOARDS THE CITY DEBUTED MONDAY. IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO REPORT, OBSERVATIONS OR PROBLEM AREAS. BUT CITY LEADERS ALSO SUGGEST KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR CAR. >> IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, WE'VE SEEN NEARLY A 200% INCREASE IN STOLEN CARS FROM OVER LAST YEAR, THAT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 25 CARS A DAY ARE BEING STOLEN IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. >> THERE'S A FEELING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO STEAL THESE CARS THAT THEN THEY CAN GO ON NOT JUST THEIR JOY RIDE, BUT THEIR RECKLESS, LIFE-ENDANGERING, PROPERTY-DAMAGING JAUNTS THROUGH THIS CITY. REPORTER: TO HELP, MPD NOW HAS MORE STEERING WHEEL CLUBS, AVAILABLE AT DISTRICTS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. IN MILWAUKEE, HANNAH HILYARD, WISN NEWS. PATRICK: THE CITY SAYS IT'S ALSO
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