Crime & Safety

After Tip from 7 Year-Old, Waterford Cops Crack Down on Speeders

The boy wrote a letter to his local police department about how he felt unsafe at his bus stop.

A 7-year-old is helping make his street a little safer — and it all started with a hand-written letter to the local police department.

The boy, Isaiah McLoughlin, wrote the Waterford Police Department to tell them the cars and trucks speeding by his bus stop every morning made him feel unsafe. He gave them his address and phone number and asked that they get in touch to talk about it.

The next day, a Waterford police officer went to the boy's house, took his complaint, and arranged for the department to conduct speed patrols on his road the following day. 

"We thought it was pretty great that this young kid would write his local police," the Waterford Police Department wrote on its Facebook page.

"I'm glad the WPD took his letter seriously and that his parents are bringing him up right," Carole Baier wrote in a comment on the WPD's page. "It's important that everyone's concerns are heard and respected."
 


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