11. 4. ვაანივლი ლდი ევანირირის ნიგჟა ხიეშელიი ნირივები, ნივანივის ხიევებანი დირიევიანის ხიილ� 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵🎵 🎵🎵 🎵🎵 🎵🎵 Is everybody ready? 🎵🎵 Good morning. It's a privilege to be back here in Lexington to recognize the good work of so many people. Many of you have heard some of the things that I've had to say before, and so I apologize if I'm repeating some of them, but they all continue to be true. And so I'd like to share a few of my observations with you as we recognize the first responders. Community spirit was the golden thread that ran through those first days of the accident investigation. Cooperation among all of the groups of the people who responded was the order of the day. They all worked through their own shock and grief, and they did the jobs that they were asked to do with dignity and professionalism. We don't do our investigations in a vacuum. The first few days of any accident are really a tribute to what you all do and how well those accident investigations run depends on your cooperation. We're charged by Congress with investigating every fatal aviation accident that occurs in the United States, but we don't perform rescue operations. The fire department, the police department, the immediate on-scene rescue, the NTSB isn't even involved, and many of you all don't even know who we are or that we're coming. And you all did the jobs that you needed to do. You preserved the accident scene, which is so critical to the work that we do. We saw your mass fatality team, the coroner's mass fatality team, go into action. Coroners from all over the state came to aid the work that was being done here, and incredibly, the removal of victims occurred by the end of the first day. And that's almost unprecedented in some of the accidents that we see where there are a large number of fatalities. I've told you this before, and I'll say it again. I've seen a lot of accident scenes, and I can't recall, in the time that I've been at the board, any scene that was handled more professionally, selflessly, than the work that was done here in Lexington. Many of the responders in this room have two identities. First, people identify you with your profession or as your job. You're a coroner, you're a medical examiner, you're a fireman, you're a police officer. But we also recognize that you're people, and you're part of this community. You have friends and family who are part of this community. You're looked at as leaders by the community. Many of you had friends, and some even had family members who were victims in this accident. And yet you all continue to do your job with such grace and quiet dignity. It was extremely impressive. It wasn't impressive just to the people who were immediately involved in this accident, but you should know, as I've traveled across the country, been back in Washington, this was apparent not just to the NTSB, FAA, other people who were here, but to the world who was watching you during that very painful week. The community was represented by your actions. The community also represented themselves extremely well. Scores of ordinary citizens all came out to help in some way. Efforts that may have seemed small to them at the time, but together those efforts were huge. And I know that many of you all worked beyond your regular shifts. You did extra things. You stayed on. You supported the families. You did many things that are not in your job description. The community showed our team warm, southern hospitality. They attended to the first responders and all of the people who were working at the scene. They came to help in any way that they could. They exhibited the soul of a caring community in the way that they expressed their grief for the victims and the concern for the families that were left behind. Who can forget the sight of all of those people that lined the streets with their signs and their tears as they watched the families travel from the Campbell House to the scene of the accident. The police officers that stood in a line of attention around that accident scene the day that the families visited the site. Through no words, but with tremendous effect, they stood there and expressed the grief and the respect that we all shared with the victims' families. And the victims' families, and I see Kathy back there, the victims' families were impressive too and they were part of this community as well. Even in their pain, they seemed to find that extra assistance for their fellow man and they reached out and they put their arm around somebody who was grieving, another family member, gave them a shoulder to cry on when they were overwhelmed by their emotional pain. I saw again and again the caring of this community through the work that you all did, through the victims' families, through the people on the street. This accident took away 49 precious souls and that loss has rippled like a tidal wave through this community. The legacy of Comair 5191 has many facets. It taught us that no matter how simple the task or how quiet the airport, our aviation system requires constant vigilance. Every part of our aviation system, from pilots to air traffic controllers to airport management to the map makers, they must all maintain a high level of vigilance and precision because lives depend on it. This accident also showed us how things can be done. This accident also showed us how things can be done. Multi-agency, local, state, and federal cooperation can be achieved. The memorial service that was organized here by the mayor's office and many others in the community in concert with the victims' families was an example, I think, for many going forward. It made the families of the victims the priority. It was inclusive and once again that show of community support. The outpouring of love in spite of that painful loss was again the hallmark of what makes this a community. This accident is probably the worst thing that has happened to this city, but it showed us the best things about this community. When disasters do occur, despite our care and vigilance, it's critical that we all care for each other in the compassionate and moving way that was demonstrated by the people of this city. I'm here today to recognize those first responders that aided us immeasurably. Their ability to do their jobs in a cooperative manner enabled all of us to do our jobs, and for that we're very appreciative. This is the first time that the NTSB has recognized a community in this way after an accident. I hope that we will recognize other communities in the future, and I hope that other communities will respond in the way that Lexington has responded to this accident. I appreciate all of the warmth and the caring and the courtesy that was extended to me and our team while we were here. I'm going to recognize a few individuals, and so I'll call some people up. I'd also like to offer the microphone to anybody who would like to say a few words from those organizations as they're recognized. First, I'd like to recognize the mayor. Mayor Newberry, please accept this plaque on behalf of the community that you represent. We're so proud to have been here and to have worked with you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Deborah, on behalf of the 270,000 citizens of Lexington, and on behalf of the first responders, many of whom are represented here this morning, let me thank you for this recognition. It is easy, I think, for us to feel good about our community when things are going well, when we have the celebrations in our community that are typical in many communities around the country. But I think we often learn a lot about our community when the chips are down, when times are tough. And clearly, there hasn't been a day any tougher than that Sunday, a little more than a year ago, when many of the folks in this room were called upon to perform their duties under the worst set of circumstances. So I am very, very grateful for your kind words. And on behalf of the community, I'm very grateful for the recognition that you and the members of the NTSB have shown us today. And we will be deeply honored. Thank you. And next, if I could get Chief Beatty to come on up. And this is the first time we've recognized a community. It's a plaque, and also a similar inscription is on the plaque presented to the mayor, as well as some certificates that I'm going to provide to some others. It's the National Transportation Safety Board would like to express our heartfelt thanks for your contributions and efforts in responding to the tragic crash of Conair Flight 5191 on August 27, 2006. And it's signed by the members of the Safety Board. Thank you, Member Hersman. And let me say, first of all, I accept this award on behalf of all the folks who responded that day. What we did out there was only a small piece of what happened in terms of investigating that tragic accident. I certainly want to thank the folks who got their early call and responded from the Division of Police who were on the scene. Thanks to the folks who were able to save one life. And thanks to all the other people in this room and those not in this room who were there who were part of the team who made it all happen. And we all realize and know that it was a tragic time, but it was an opportunity for us as a community and certainly us from different and diverse agencies to come together in a collaborative spirit to do a very difficult task. So I say thank you to everyone in this room. And I thank Member Hersman and the NTSB for recognizing Lexington as a model community for the response to such a tragic accident. I want to also take this time to thank Member Hersman for somewhat adopting the Lexington community. She's been back a couple of times, was with us last year for the Police Awards banquet, and has been very active back in our community. So we appreciate her support. And in closing, just keep every day still. Keep the members of the families who lost lives in your thoughts and prayers. They need that every day still. So keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Thank you. And is Scott Lantner from the Bluegrass Airport here? Scott, nice to see you again. Thank you. Good to see you. Okay. I believe we have two people here from the Medical Examiner's Office. Dr. Craig and Dan Abel, please come on up. And again, it's the spirit of cooperation that we saw between the coroners, the medical examiners, and everyone who really displayed some true leadership and cooperation. We thank you for all that you did to do that. I think the thanks that you've extended to us is greatly appreciated, but I want to personally thank all the members, the statewide members, of the Coroner Medical Examiner Incident Response Team. And Sheriff Wett, come on up. Sheriff Wett was there with leadership and support immediately, and your staff were a great assistance to us, and I've appreciated your steadfast support through every day of this effort. Thank you, Sheriff. I, too, want to thank Member Hurstman and the NTSB for their work and for their partnership with all of us here in Lexington during that time. And I humbly accept this recognition on behalf of the men and women of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff. And I think I can accurately say that there's not a member of this public safety community, no matter the color of their uniform, that goes about doing their duty every day looking for recognition. But it was a very humble time to serve this community and the victims' families during a time of Flight 5191. So on behalf of the Office of Sheriff, I accept this, and I also agree with Chief Beatty that our prayers continue day in and day out to be with the families of the victims. And Chief Hendricks. The reason why I think this is the first time that we've done this recognition is because we don't always have the cooperation that existed here in Lexington. And I think probably many of you all may not understand that because you're a part of this community, and it seems so obvious to you that people would do the right thing and work together. That's not always the case. Sometimes we come into accident scenes, and there's so much jurisdictional infighting that we end up really not being able to do our job. Evidence gets mishandled. People end up having such a difficult time working together that it really compromises the accident scene and also our ability to work with the families. And so I don't know that you all recognize how special you are and why you're getting this recognition, but the fact that all of the leaders of the community, I remember the first day when we came, first time we were going to do a press conference after we met with the family members, everyone was there. And I remember some faces in particular, and I know that a lot of times it was new to them. They weren't sure what to expect. Maybe some of the things that we were asking for were difficult, but none of them put their own self-interest above what was the best for the community. And I think that Chief Hendricks, you're one of the faces that I remember of being there to support us and try to make sure that everything was done as best as possible. And we don't always get that, and I want you to know how much it is appreciated. Thank you. Member Hurstman, thank you so much. On behalf of all the uniformed members of the Division of Fire and our support personnel, we appreciate that. As you know, we had one of our members lost a family member, as did the police community, and we were all very touched by the caring manner in which the investigation took place. I want to thank you. I also want to say that this is the greatest community in the world in which to work and to live, and it's a real pleasure and honor to get to serve the folks here. Thank you very much. There are a number of other organizations that the NTSB is recognizing and will be sending some certificates on to those folks. They just couldn't be here today. I thank you very much for being here. I thank you, again, for the show of support, for the responders in this community. They are the backbone of the community, and it has been, while it's been a tragedy, the purpose for which we've been here. I'm very proud to have worked with such an outstanding community. You all are truly blessed, and thank you all for taking me in and making me an honorary part of your community. Thank you very much. Have a good day. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're watching Government Television, channel 3, a service of the Lexington Fayette urban county government. If you have questions or comments concerning any of the services offered by the urban county government, visit our website at www.lfucg.com or call LexCon at 425-2255. That's 425-2255. Welcome to Keeping It Peace. Hello, my name is Assistant Chief James Jackson. Hi, and I'm Officer Debbie Wagner. We'd like to welcome you to the Lexington Fayette urban county government division of police show, Keeping It Peace. Welcome to Keeping It Peace. The Lexington division of police has many specialized units. One of those units is a civil disturbance unit, and this unit responds to calls of civil disorder. This unit is trained to function efficiently in the protection of life, property, and preservation of peace and order. Next on Focus on Police, we catch up with our very own Assistant Chief James Jackson interviewing Chief Beatty at Masterson Station Park during one of our civil disturbance unit training practices. In this segment of Focus on Police, we have with us Division Chief, Chief Anthony Beatty. Chief, could you tell us a little bit about what's going on here today? Yeah, we are back with our training that we do regularly for our officers, trying to keep everyone up to date in terms of how we prepare for civil unrest, regardless of what kind of unrest that might be. And we are preparing for situations like unruly crowds or people who are protesting, certainly sports riots or sports events that bring out a large crowd, and then violent kinds of riots where people are acting out in anger and violently attacking police or other government officials or buildings. So it's training designed just to put the officers through the mode, get them in the mode that they understand how to react to the different kinds of crowds. It gives them an opportunity to get out, utilize their equipment, work in small group dynamics and then large squad formations. I know to pull a training like this together, it's a big undertaking. I know that a lot of officers are on an adjusted schedule. How often do we train with the civil disturbance process? It's pretty important that we train regularly, and we try to do this twice a year and for certain once per year based on the scheduling that we have, the staffing that's available, and the time that we can get the facility and everyone together. So at least once, most of the time twice per year. We try to do it in the spring and the fall of each year. That allows us to be ready should unfortunate situations cause our city some disruption in the summer months. So we usually get the skills back up in the spring and then polish them up again in the fall. I know that as an agency we're divided up into seven different platoons, and we only have a few of the platoons that are here today, but can you talk a little bit about some of the equipment we have out here today or some that may not be here at our disposal? Right. We have about half of the platoons, those are large groups consisting of sections within each bureau, and we have several of them here today, and as you said, several of them are not. The intentions are just in the next week we'll have the other part of the division. The rest of the platoons will have the same kinds of opportunities to train with their equipment and go through the routines and learn the paces of what we want to do here. The equipment each officer in their car carries most of the equipment with them. Everyone has a ballistic helmet. Everyone has, obviously, a ballistic vest. Everyone has a gas mask. Everyone has a 36-inch baton or riot baton. And then there are many pieces of specialized equipment that you'll see if you scan this group out here with the special weapons, and some lethal, some less than lethal. The emergency response unit obviously has all the specialized equipment should a very violent situation erupt where they can move very quickly in to try to offset that problem. We'll be going through their paces next week or so. So everyone has their equipment, and the unique thing about that, the citizens of Lexington should feel good that each police officer has all their equipment with them so when we have a situation occur, the first groups of officers who arrive can form into squads and start handling the situation. It's not a matter of waiting for trucks or equipment to get there. It's not a matter of waiting for individual squads with groups who work together to get there. Anyone out here, any one of these officers is capable of getting together with any squad and putting together a response to a situation. Also out here doing the training, we have quite a few mounted officers with the horses. How are they utilized, just for the viewers? In the situations where we've had active aggression in the past, the horses are instrumental in allowing us to move into large groups with some show of force and also an impressive force in that the horses are very large. People react differently to them than they do to people, police officers in uniform with batons and gas masks. So the horses are very instrumental in moving in. Should we have someone in a violent situation, a violent interaction, or should we have someone who's been injured and we need to get into the crowd, so to speak, to get them out. There are formations that the horses are trained to work in to allow us to do just that. And with that, the horses have to have some specialized equipment themselves. They have special equipment for their legs, for their eyes, to protect them against rocks and projectiles and bottles. So the horses are a very important part of what we do here. The other important thing about horses is in large groups, they move people very effectively. It's an intimidation factor. Their size allows them to move people much easier than large numbers of officers can. So what we do with these drills out here, I have the officers work with the horses so that we can simulate the times that the horses would have to move to the forefront in order to move a crowd versus the officers. It's pretty impressive, but the citizens of Lexington should feel good that this kind of training goes on, everything is brought at one time so that everybody gets to practice with it and use it before the real incident occurs. I know we also have an aviation unit that also participates in the exercise, and how are they utilized when we need them? Aviation is very critical in air support in terms of large crowd disturbances. Again, just the idea of an eye in the sky, they can see things from a different perspective than we would see it on the street. Our function and command and control would be to make sure that we're hitting all the hot spots, moving people where they needed to be to put down the unrest in small groups with large squads of people working on the big groups. The advantage of having the helicopter or something in the air is they can see the place the incident's occurring before they really get out of hand. We can move small groups of people, break up, dissipate the situation before it becomes a problem. We utilize air support from other agencies every Fourth of July for the last probably 10 or 15 years as the Fourth of July events spread out over our whole downtown. We have situations where the crowds get unruly, have caused some disturbances, and in some cases have injured people. So having the eye in the sky, so to speak, with the helicopter, with the ability to light up darkened areas and streets at nighttime, is critical for us in these kinds of unruly situations. In closing, can you talk a little bit about maybe the mobile command posts? We even have the identification unit out here with some plainclothes detectives. Can you talk a little bit about their role in this process? Right. In any situation on a large-scale activation, we would have the mobile command post. It gives us a common area to come to for making decisions about tactical movements and deployments, also to get all the command staff together. It has additional equipment with maps and the ability to draw diagrams and photocopy those diagrams, radio communications on board, bathroom, lavatory, refrigerator place for refreshments. It gives us that truly mobile command sense at any scene or scenario. I'm sure the citizens have seen our large mobile command post around the city in different situations. We're looking now to secure another large mobile command post before the World Equestrian Games come to Lexington. With as many venues as we'll be responsible for, we feel like we have the need for a second command post with the intentions of once the World Equestrian Games are over, we'll probably put our other command posts on the aftermarket, and there's a good aftermarket to sell those. So mobile command post, the evidence collection unit is very important. It looks like the large command post, but it's different. Inside is truly a mobile lab, so we can gather evidence, preserve evidence. And unfortunately, in some of these situations where we've been deployed historically in the 90s, we've had situations where lots of damage has occurred to property. People have been injured, and we had criminal charges. I know in 1996, I think we made about 33 arrests at the UK after celebration after the basketball game. It had reason, we have reasons for evidence collection and true crime scene folks being there. One of the things we do is we make sure that the investigators who would be responsible for that are not part of these large squad movements so that they can come in and do their job should we have, say, a serious assault or an injury. So everything has a purpose and a function, and these pieces of equipment allow us to do our jobs more efficiently and more effectively. Well, we do appreciate you coming out and speaking with us today on the show, and just continue the good work. All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, Chief Jackson. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Hi, Mayor. Good morning. Hi, I'm Mayor Jim Newbeer, and I'd like to talk to you about some important telephone numbers. For fire, theft, and accidents, please call 911. 311 is the number you need to dial for all city services like garbage pickup, sanitary sewers, traffic, and much more. Calling 211 connects you to local health and human services provided through the United Way. Remember, 911 is for emergencies. 211 is for health and human services. And 311 is your connection to City Hall. Yeah, you really need to send a Sig Sucker team out here to clean up the cigarette butt problem? Yeah, thank you. If you have a problem with cigarette butts, call the Sig Sucker at LexCon 425-2255. No butts were harmed in the production of this spot. Hello and welcome back to Keeping the Peace. I'm Detective Robert Sarantonio with Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Police, and here's another edition of Bluegrass Crime Stoppers. Bluegrass Crime Stoppers Bluegrass Crime Stoppers Bluegrass Crime Stoppers Thanks for watching Bluegrass Crime Stoppers. I'm Detective Sarantonio. If you have any information on any of the people you've seen or any of the crimes you've seen on this episode, you can call me at 859-253-2020. And remember, your name is anonymous. All we want is your information. Once again, thanks for watching Keeping the Peace on Government Television Channel 3. Pick it up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Hi, Mayor. Good morning. Hi, I'm Mayor Jim Neuvier, and I'd like to talk to you about some important telephone numbers. For fire, theft, and accidents, please call 9-1-1. 3-1-1 is the number you need to dial for all city services like garbage pickup, sanitary sewers, traffic, and much more. Calling 2-1-1 connects you to local health and human services provided through the United Way. Remember, 9-1-1 is for emergencies. 2-1-1 is for health and human services. And 3-1-1 is your connection to City Hall. Yeah, you really need to send a Sig Sucker team out here to clean up the cigarette butt problem? Yeah, thank you. If you have a problem with cigarette butts, call the Sig Sucker at LexCon 425-2255. No butts were harmed in the production of this spot. Next on Smart Tips, you'll be meeting Officer Paul Odefio. He's a member of our traffic unit, and he will give you some information on one of our law enforcement tools known as the radar. So you speeders, you might want to pay attention to this segment of Keeping It Peace. Today we have Lexington's finest top cop, Officer Paul Odefio. And Paul, you've been an officer for over 18 years with the Lexington Division of Police, and your assignment now is with the traffic unit. Could you tell our audience a little bit about your daily routine with your job? Well, the specific duties I have with the traffic unit entail many, many issues with traffic. Not just riding traffic tickets, which is probably the least of what I do now, but I respond to accidents, injury, and non-injury. I also respond to many parking complaints, especially around the campus area. And we escort funerals in traffic, and we work all the special events that Lexington puts on, including the Fourth of July, all of the Christmas parades, the St. Patrick's Day parade, the fire prevention parade. And then we also work all the football games and basketball games. Well, it sounds like the only two holidays you might get off would be Thanksgiving and Christmas, Officer Odefio. Is that right? That's pretty much the case. I don't see many holidays off. If they have any kind of event that's going on downtown, our unit is responsible for working those events and making sure that everyone gets downtown in a timely fashion and also getting folks back home. And we were talking before the show a little bit about there was a dignitary that was in town recently. And could you tell our audience a little bit about your involvement and who that dignitary might have been? Well, we had Queen Elizabeth who was coming in town. Actually, she flew into Bluegrass Airport for the Derby festivities. And I'm part of the motorcycle unit, and part of our duties were to escort the Queen of England and her husband to Versailles. And so we actually were part of the detail with the Secret Service and the other protection detail with the Kentucky State Police. And we made sure that we got the Queen of England to Versailles. And then we were also on standby to make sure that if the Queen of England could not fly to the Derby, we actually took the motorcycle unit into Louisville to escort her back or escort her to the Derby. But fortunately for us and for her, she was able to fly. The weather was pretty good for that. I think a lot of times people don't realize that the traffic unit has so many special events that they're involved in. It's every day is a new day. And today, actually, we're going to be focusing on radar. Could you tell us a little bit, Officer Adelfio, about the radar unit? Okay. In the traffic unit and in many of our police cars, we have several different radar units. We have units made by Custom, and then we have Stalker units made by another company. And then we also have laser technology that we use. The particular unit that I'll be talking about today is a Custom Golden Eagle, and it is a two-piece unit that is mounted inside of our police car. We have an antenna that's in the rear and an antenna that's in the front. So that way we can work enforcement areas from the front and the rear. And many times you'll see officers sitting on the side of the highways because they have units or antenna units that are in the rear, and we can actually clock speeders as they're coming from behind us. And at the same time, we can just hit a switch and we can move the antenna to the front and that we can clock folks coming in from the front of us. Now, I know that you've heard a lot of myths surrounding the radar units, but I think that our audience might not understand that actually the radar unit is only a backup to what you actually see visually. That's correct. We go through a 40-hour training, and then we go through extensive training on visual speed estimations. Now, that may sound kind of funny that we're actually estimating speeds, but in order for us to actually make sure that our radar unit is working properly, we actually will give a speed estimate and match it up with what the radar shows us. And we need to be within plus or minus five miles per hour either way in our speed estimate before we actually lock a radar on to a particular vehicle. And then from there, we know that the radar unit is operating properly, especially if the unit shows us that a car is going 85 miles an hour but our visual speed estimation is 55. We know something's not working properly at that point. And there are some issues with radars, so we want to make sure they're working properly before we actually engage with a speeder. Now, I know there's been some new technology, the laser gun. Could you please tell our audience a little bit about this new technology? Laser technology actually, where we say is new, we've had it for a while, and the technology continues to get better. But we have about 14 laser units that we use, and they are target-specific, meaning that we can actually look through a scope, and we can put this red dot that we see in the scope right on your vehicle specifically. And once we trigger the device, it will give us our speed, and it will give us the speed of the vehicle, and it will also give the distance of the vehicle and how far away it is from us. And we're able to clock vehicles, depending on where we are, more than a half a mile away or 2,500 feet, 3,000 feet at times. Now, I know every time that you stop someone, you probably get a couple excuses. What are some of the best excuses that you have ever heard why people speed? One of the excuses that I've heard that someone said that I had never heard was that the reason they were speeding is they were trying to catch up to another vehicle that had pretty girls in it, and they wanted to take a look at them again. So that seemed to be one of the ones. And he asked me why I didn't stop them for speeding, because they were ahead of him. And I said, well, they must have seen me first, and obviously they had slowed down, but he was actually going very fast on the interstate to catch up to these girls. I've also had some folks say that they need to go to the bathroom. And unfortunately, when they have those types of situations, we ask them why they've passed up all the other exits or all the other spots to go to the bathroom. And usually it's just an excuse. It's not a real reason of why they actually are speeding. Many people get the usual. They're late for work or they're late for some other event that they're trying to go to. And in closing, could you tell our audience that speed is a factor in so many of our traffic accidents and maybe a safety tip for our audience? Well, one of the things about speed is as you increase your speed by 10 miles an hour, 5 miles an hour, you continue to increase your risk for injury in the event that you do have a crash. And, of course, you can't react as quick as your speed. Sometimes you out-drive how fast you can actually react. So things happen very fast when you are speeding. And as you do increase your speed, the chances of you being involved in a speed-related crash, they just increase significantly. Again, what we want to try to do is make sure that when you are in a situation where you're going too fast, you certainly want to have your seat belt on. It does certainly reduce the chance for injury or death. And we continue to see that happen on the highways. And that's one of the reasons we're out here is we want to make sure that we're visible and we slow you down whether or not you get stopped or not. But we want to get certainly the most dangerous people off the roads. And some of the speeding that we're seeing here on New Circle Road, on the interstate, in excess of 80 miles an hour on both highways. And, again, those are the speeds where we certainly are going to target you. And you will have a citation issued to you if you're stopped. We'd like to thank you, Officer Adelphia, for being on the show and, most of all, for keeping Lexington safe. You're very welcome. ♪♪♪ Yeah, you really need to send a SigSucker team out here to clean up the cigarette butt problem. Yeah, thank you. ♪♪♪ If you have a problem with cigarette butts, call the SigSucker at LexCon 425-2255. Cigarette butts were harmed in the production of this spot. Hi, Mayor. Good morning. Hi, I'm Mayor Jim Neubier, and I'd like to talk to you about some important telephone numbers. For fire, theft, and accidents, please call 911. 311 is the number you need to dial for all city services like garbage pickup, sanitary sewers, traffic, and much more. Calling 211 connects you to local health and human services provided through the United Way. Remember, 911 is for emergencies. 211 is for health and human services. And 311 is your connection to City Hall. ♪♪♪ Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick it up, Lexington. You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. ♪♪♪♪ At this time, I'd like to thank all the individuals who took part in this segment of Keeping the Peace, starting with our Civil Disturbance Unit and the interview with Chief Anthony Beatty. And also with Crime Stoppers, Detective Rob Sarantonio. And then last, Smart Tips Officer Adelfio regarding the speeding situation in Fayette County. I'd like to thank them all for their dedication not only to the community, but to the Division of Police as well. Keeping Lexington safe takes all of us. So together, let's do the right thing. Keep the peace. ♪♪♪♪ To purchase a copy of the program you just viewed, please call 258-3008. Please be sure to mention the program name when you make your request. And visit our website at www.lfucg.com. ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ Yeah, you really need to send a SigSugger team out here to clean up the cigarette butt problem. Yeah, thank you. ♪♪♪♪ If you have a problem with cigarette butts, call the SigSugger at LexCon 425-2255. No butts were harmed in the production of this spot. Hi, Mayor. Good morning. Hi, I'm Mayor Jim Neubier, and I'd like to talk to you about some important telephone numbers. For fire, theft, and accidents, please call 9-1-1. 3-1-1 is the number you need to dial for all city services like garbage pickup, sanitary sewers, traffic, and much more. Calling 2-1-1 connects you to local health and human services provided through the United Way. Remember, 9-1-1 is for emergencies, 2-1-1 is for health and human services, and 3-1-1 is your connection to City Hall. Pick It Up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick It Up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. Pick It Up, Lexington! You can make a difference. Be a Lexington Litter Buster. Pick up a piece of litter on the first day of each month. My dad is a hero. He goes into places normal people want to get away from. He rescues families, makes everyone safe. But the best thing he can do is come home. The U.S. Fire Administration reminds you to protect the heroes who protect our lives. Have a smoke alarm on every floor. Test it monthly. Replace the battery yearly. Do your part to get out before they have to come in. ¶¶ Hello, and welcome to the Stennett Minute. I am 6th District Councilmember Kevin Stennett, and today we are out here at Mary Todd Elementary School celebrating a beautiful fall day and their fall festival. With me...