Springfield Residents' Concerns Over Traffic Enforcement, Accountability, and Rising Costs (2015-2024)

By James Steward

The core issue galvanizing Springfield residents is the alarming and undeniable evidence presented in traffic citation data: a dramatic and overwhelming shift indicating that Haitian drivers are now responsible for the vast majority of traffic violations. As detailed in Table 3 of this report, the proportion of Violations Bureau cases attributed to Haitian residents skyrocketed from 0% in 2015-2016 to consistently over 67% from 2020 through 2024, peaking at 79% in 2021. This stark data is interpreted by residents not as an issue of biased enforcement, but as clear evidence of who is committing the infractions

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