Training
All officers assigned to H.I.T.S are required to attend and complete a rigorous traffic enforcement / collision reconstruction curriculum within their first year in the assignment. The officers are also required to maintain and keep current, certifications relating to their traffic enforcement assignment. The total primary training for H.I.T.S Officers exceeds 600 hours.
Equipment
The H.I.T.S Unit is equipped with some of the most modern and advanced traffic enforcement and collision reconstruction tools available to the Law Enforcement community today.
Some of which are:
- Unmarked Ford Crown Victorias, and Chevy Impalas.
- BMW 1150RT
- Traffic Safety Systems Inc., VASCAR Plus
- STALKER dual / same lane / same direction RADAR
- Laser Technologies collision measurement equipment
- Coefficient of friction measuring devices (Drag Sleds)
- Mobile Vision, mobile video recorders installed in each vehicle
- Alco-Sensor, portable alcohol screening device
- Crush-Jig, coefficient of restitution measurement device
- Road Spike tire deflation system
- Photo Speed Enforcement Technology
The H.I.T.S office is not staffed 24 hours a day; however we do have voice mail on our phone line.
- If you want a police officer to respond to your location, dial 911.
- If you want to make a report by telephone, dial 311.
- If you would like to speak to an officer about a particular traffic safety problem please call our office. If no one is available, please leave a message on our voice mail; dial 704-336-4465.
- If you wish to contact our Traffic Hotline, dial 704-432-2120 or email
bbryant@cmpd.org
General Contact Info:
H.I.T.S Office 1750 Shopton Road, 28217
Phone: 704-336-4465
Fax: 704-432-1471
