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Birmingham and Bloomfield Township are among the police departments that are working towards improving the noise issue on Woodward Avenue. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
“WHEN COVID HIT AND PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TO DO, WOODWARD WAS VERY BUSY ALL SUMMER LONG, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT BEHAVIORAND ACTIVITY HAS STUCK SINCE THEN” BY MARY GENSON mgenson@candgnews.com
BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — As the weather warms up, the police departments along Woodward Avenue are working together to address cruising and vehicle noise. In the recent Birmingham city manager’s report, Birmingham Police Chief Scott Grewe shared a message to the community about how the department has been handling the traffic on Woodward. Just as they have in previous years, the Birmingham Police Department has assigned additional officers to target Woodward cruise traffic. In general, higher volumes of traffic are observed on Friday and Saturday evenings. “Every Friday and Saturday evening we have two officers that are on overtime to work specifically the Woodward traffic issue,” Grewe said. In addition to these officers, they are pulling one officer from their regular patrol unit that is on duty to also assist on Woodward Avenue. Other officers will be patrolling over areas of Birmingham, as regularly scheduled, and will participate in enforcement activity on Woodward when they are not working on other areas of the city. Bloomfield Township puts out two vehicles every weekend on overtime from the time the weather breaks until around October. “We want people to be able to enjoy their evening, but we also want people to be safe,” Bloomfield Township Police Chief James Gallagher said. The police chiefs said the Woodward traffic became a greater issue for the community during the pandemic. While they would get routine traffic at certain parts of the summer, they noticed a shift a few years ago. See WOODWARD on page 17A
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