The objective of traffic enforcement is to reduce traffic crashes and injuries and enhance safe driving practices by facilitating the expeditious flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic through the public's voluntary compliance with traffic regulations. The Saint Paul Police Department seeks to achieve this objective through a combination of education and enforcement.
The Saint Paul Police Department seeks to educate and engage with our public regarding traffic regulations through positive non-enforcement programs aimed at exposing specific problems, as well as by publishing traffic crash and injury statistics, and giving notice of changes in regulations prior to taking enforcement action.
The Saint Paul Police Department will take enforcement action upon the detection of an illegal or potentially hazardous act without regard for factors such as attitude, intent, or frivolous excuse. Enforcement action will be in accordance with City ordinance and state and federal law. These actions may consist of a warning, citation, application for complaint, or physical arrest.
Updated January 14, 2019