Crank
it up and pay: Police cracking down on noise
Mark
Randall
Eagle Staff
Writer
Friday, May
13, 2005
Dothan
Police wrote 41 citations for noise violations in the month of April and are
reminding people that just because school is getting out and the warmer weather
is here, doesn't mean it's OK to crank up the music or car stereo.
They plan to keep up the
pressure on those who blare their car stereos.
Police have already issued
seven citations for violating the city's noise ordinance so far in the month of
May and expect to see a lot more.
"I anticipate the
problem will get worse,"Dothan Police Chief John
Powell said. "The kids gets out of school and kids like listening to loud
music. So it's going to happen. We will try to enforce this as best we
can."
Police began cracking down
on loud car stereos after residents around Burdeshaw
Street complained to the city commission of the loud noises rocking the
neighborhood at all hours of the night.
Under city law it's illegal
to play a radio that can be heard 5 feet from a motor vehicle and 10 feet from
a pedestrian.
Violators can be fined up
to $200.
Powell said he hasn't
received any calls recently from any one particular area of Dothan, but calls
complaining about noise frequently come into dispatch.
He said police don't plan
on letting up either.
"We're going to keep
the pressure on,"Powell said. "I think 41
citations is a pretty significant amount. And we're only 12 days into May and
we have already issued seven."
Eagle staff writer Mark
Randall can be reached at 712-7961 or by e-mail at mrandall@dothaneagle.com