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Metamora has a reputation as a speed trap that extends far and wide.
Readers taking our online poll by the slimmest margin — 51 to 47 percent — said the reputation is deserved.
Forty-seven percent said the reputation is well deserved. Four percent said the reputation was deserved, but the police were doing their job. Thirty-eight percent said they were just fine with the police ticketing speeders. And, 9 percent said they wish the police were more strict with speeders.
Metamora Police Chief Mike Todd is not going to lose any sleep over this.
“Quite frankly I take the reputation as a compliment. It means we’re upholding the law. We swore an oath to enforce all the laws,” Todd said recently.
“We don’t turn our backs on domestic violence or burglary. We aren’t going to turn our backs on speeding.”
Todd said the reputation is not troubling to him.
“I’m not a politician. I’m not elected. I don’t have to enforce the law based on what it might do to the number of votes I get,” Todd said. “I have to do the job the taxpayers have me here to do.”
That is refreshing. Todd is absolutely right.
In addition, an examination of police records by the Woodford Times revealed the Metamora Police are not ticketing people for going a few miles over the speed limit. And, they certainly do not hide. Everyone locally knows exactly where they sit to shoot radar.
People can think what they want, but the facts do not bear the majority out.
Metamora has a reputation as a speed trap that extends far and wide.
Readers taking our online poll by the slimmest margin — 51 to 47 percent — said the reputation is deserved.
Forty-seven percent said the reputation is well deserved. Four percent said the reputation was deserved, but the police were doing their job. Thirty-eight percent said they were just fine with the police ticketing speeders. And, 9 percent said they wish the police were more strict with speeders.
Metamora Police Chief Mike Todd is not going to lose any sleep over this.
“Quite frankly I take the reputation as a compliment. It means we’re upholding the law. We swore an oath to enforce all the laws,” Todd said recently.
“We don’t turn our backs on domestic violence or burglary. We aren’t going to turn our backs on speeding.”
Todd said the reputation is not troubling to him.
“I’m not a politician. I’m not elected. I don’t have to enforce the law based on what it might do to the number of votes I get,” Todd said. “I have to do the job the taxpayers have me here to do.”
That is refreshing. Todd is absolutely right.
In addition, an examination of police records by the Woodford Times revealed the Metamora Police are not ticketing people for going a few miles over the speed limit. And, they certainly do not hide. Everyone locally knows exactly where they sit to shoot radar.
People can think what they want, but the facts do not bear the majority out.
