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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry
Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Traffic Safety  Injury Crashes Neighborhood Services (Police)
PS  DWI Crashes
1.1.2  CMV Inspections
Summary:

Every year, millions of people travel the roadways Injury Crashes
throughout the city. Reaching their destination safely 1,000
is of the utmost concern. In 2018, a total of 12,945 800
crashes occurred within Arlington city limits, a slight
increase of 0.24% from 2017 (12,913). 600
400
In order to continue crash reduction in the city, the
department will continue using intelligence‐fed and 200
focused enforcement to maximize efficiency to reduce ‐
crashes and crash severity. The department use the
Data‐Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety FY18 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY19 Q2 FY19 Q3 FY19 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY20 Q2 FY20 Q3 FY20 Q4 FY21 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4
(DDACTS) to operationalize enforcement efforts on a
daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Effective
enforcement and education efforts will be
complementing factors to the data. The Department DWI Crashes
continues to receive a comprehensive traffic safety
200
grant through the Texas Department of Public Safety.
150
The Department continues to place emphasis on
conducting safety inspections of CMVs as part of the 100
Traffic Safety plan. The CMV inspection and 50
enforcement program consists of a full time CMV
unit. The CMV enforcement program is supplemented ‐
using a CMV grant through the Texas Department of
Public Safety and United States Department of FY18 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY19 Q2 FY19 Q3 FY19 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY20 Q2 FY20 Q3 FY20 Q4 FY21 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4
Transportation.

Update:
APD continues to focus on the safe and efficient flow CMV Inspections
of traffic in our city. We have focused our efforts on 1,000
reducing the number of injury crashes, reckless 800
driving, and DWI related incidents. 600

400
The Department has implemented a multi‐faceted
approach to safety and effective enforcement. 200
Operation Connect/Safe is an intelligence‐based ‐
enforcement program designed to address crime
trends driven by current intelligence and statistics. By FY18 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY19 Q2 FY19 Q3 FY19 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY20 Q2 FY20 Q3 FY20 Q4 FY21 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4
responding to the actual data, we can deploy our

resources in an efficient and responsive strategy. Part
of the strategy focuses on high crash locations and

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