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JPD To Increase Patrols Over Motorcycle Complaints

Residents of a westside neighborhood are requesting temporary speed bumps be installed on their streets to prevent motorcyclists from speeding through their community.

Jennifer Williams, city clerk, read an email sent to city officials during a council work session meeting from Elizabeth Keller, Jarod Moore and Lacey Barlow about the hazards being caused by motorcyclists in their neighborhood. The three city residents live along Myers Avenue and East Cowden Place, with the two streets being connected by a horseshoe-shaped road.

“With the warmer weather upon us, we have been experiencing an increasing problem with certain motorcyclist speeding on the horseshoe road and deliberately, intentionally, revving their engines in retaliation, in front of targeted residences, which can be heard for blocks away,” the email stated. “They are also doing wheelies on Barrett Avenue and residents have also witnessed children without helmets being given rides.”

The letter states that the Jamestown Police Department has been called multiple times about the situation.

“We ask that the city perhaps consider placement of temporary speed bumps on our road to prevent the dangerous conditions created by these motorcycles,” the email stated. “If this is not possible, we ask for increased police enforcement against the motorcyclists.”

Anthony Dolce, council president, said with the start of spring, this is the time city officials receive a lot of complaints about motorcycle noise throughout the city.

Timothy Jackson, Jamestown police chief and city public safety director, said the department can put extra patrols in areas of the city that have the biggest problem with motorcycle noise and speed.

“We will be doing that over the next several weeks,” he said.

Jackson said it’s important for city residents to call the police department when motorcycles are making too much noise or speeding. He said, due to the number of calls the department receives, it’s difficult to get to a city neighborhood while the motorcyclists are still there. The police department can be contacted at 483-7536.

“I can say we will be putting out extra patrols for that,” he said.

Dolce said he has also received complaints about motorcycles on Prendergast Avenue. Regina Brackman, Ward 3 councilwoman, said she has received motorcycle noise complaints around North Main and 10th streets. Tom Nelson, Ward 6 councilman, said he has received a motorcycle speed complaint from someone who lives on Maple Street.

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