Across Texas, the number of traffic deaths in 2021 increased dramatically and that was with a pandemic keeping a lot of people working from home and cutting down on the amount of places they went. Still, the number of people killed in auto accidents reached numbers not seen since 1981...
The reasoning behind it is if they were answering calls or patrolling neighborhoods instead then they would be able to stop crime. I have been thinking about it, and my belief is that Lubbock traffic police help to stop crimes before they start.
A Lubbock man that was previously accused of purposely running over and killing a dog is now back in jail after it's said he was speeding and ran a stop sign.
30-year-old Gabriel Zerrata, who has been charged with manslaughter in connection to a deadly crash that happened on Saturday, January 16th, is said to have been going over 40mph over the speed limit when the crash happened.