The number of speeding tickets given out by Watertown police officers in 2010 was sharply lower than the year before, and it was by design. Assistant Police Chief Scott McMahon says 382 speeding tickets were issued last year. There were 617 given out in 2009. At the same time, McMahon says the number of warnings issued for speeding last year were up about 800 from the year before….
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/01/MCMAHON1.mp3|titles=MCMAHON1]The number of drunken driving arrests in Watertown was down last year. There were 193 DWI arrests compared to 232 the year before. Watertown police took just under 27-thousand calls for service in 2010, which was also down from the year before.
(courtesy KWAT Watertown)