Fiorentini said the crackdown is working, and one resident who came up to him while he was having breakfast downtown recently said he took his car off the road because he knew police were checking out-of-state plates.
“This shows the system is working and that it has the deterrent effect that we want it to,” the mayor said. “Ultimately, we want the public to have confidence that everyone is sharing in these tough times.”
To make reporting of possible violators easier, the city added a link to the main page of its website, haverhill.ma.us. The link is at the bottom right of the page and is under Department Quick Links/Police. The reporting form asks only for the plate number, state and location.
Police say they are devoting what resources they can given higher priority public safety issues, such as robberies, assaults, vandalism, prostitution and drugs.