Billy Ray Powers:  I worked 20 years on a Sheriff's Dept., in the lower 48 before moving to Alaska.  The Traffic Chief on our Dept. ran a paper graph around the top walls of several rooms where traffic officers worked, including the briefing room.  He graphed three things.  First, the number of traffic citations issued per mo.  Second, he graphed the number of accidents per mo.  Third, and last he graphed the number of injury/fatality accidents per mo.  After 20 years of doing this, the results were extremely telling.  EVERY single time that traffic citations went up, you saw where accidents/injury accidents/fatalities went down.  This happened EVERY single time for over 20 years.  Yes, profits go up when more citations are written but to ignore traffic enforcement for ANY reason would be a travesty and would result in citizens being injured and killed along with thousands upon thousands of dollars of property damage.  Citizens may hate traffic​ enforcement but, , , IT IS NEEDED!!!