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New Canaan Police: Motor Vehicle Accidents Up ‘Pretty Significantly’ in 2014
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Motor vehicle accidents in New Canaan are up “pretty significantly”—by a total of 20 at this point in the year compared to 2013—the chief of police said last week. Accidents with injuries are down and motor vehicle violations have improved month-over-month but are “not what they should be,” Chief Leon Krolikowski said during a Police Commission meeting Wednesday. During targeted enforcement for distracted driving Monday on Route 123, New Canaan police issued 14 tickets including nine for cellphone use, officials have said. “I could give 14 tickets on Elm Street in a three-hour period of time just by looking,” Police Commission Secretary Sperry DeCew said during the meeting, held in the training room of the New Canaan Police Department. Asked by Commission Chair Stuart Sawabini whether police would assign an officer to plain clothes duty for violations, Krolikowski said yes.