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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Uh, safer, smarter on the roadways. From the Omaha Police Department,
Lieutenant Dan Flynn joining us. Lieutenant, thank you so much
for being on our show. Absolutely, let's talk about the
big snowstorm over the week and it was a holiday
travel and I know that the City of Omaha kind
of preemptively canceled some things or moved some things around
(00:21):
so there wasn't a ton of traffic on the on Saturday,
because a Friday into Saturday with a snowfall. From your
guys' perspective, when the city is doing you know, these
types of things like small business Saturday and they're trying
to run the trolleys and make things very easy for people.
How much are you in contact with them about trying
to make sure everybody is as safe as possible even
(00:43):
before we get to a weather event like that.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, between all shareholders involved, you know, wordant communication with
Mecca and the CHI people, and you know they were
discussing moving the holiday lights and oviously, we want life
to go as normal as possible, but we want to
make sure we don't do it at the risk of
you know, the safety of others.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, this's one other thing that you know when the
snow was being projected at the beginning of last week,
it just felt like it kept growing. The amount of
snow and the chance of snow kind of continued to increase.
What were the things that you guys do as the
police department to, you know, especially when you got these
really busy streets like Dodge and you got highways coming
(01:30):
from you know, four or five different directions, What are
some of the things that you are prepared for in
those situations when you know, especially on a holiday week
and there's going to be a lot of people traveling
and there's still going to be some treacherous conditions, both
with visibility and with slick roads.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, I think the weather channels do a very good
job with messaging. As for our department, we tried to
make sure those roadways are cleared. We'll have officers go
out and check the interstates and try to you know,
if we have a lot of stalled vehicle throughout the
interstates around Dodd Street, we'll try to get those towed
out before the weather hits to give our decisis more room.
(02:08):
And then you know, during during the storm, we are
obviously doing as much as we can. We do our
interstate checks, maybe checkers stranded motorists and see what we
can do to help. And we're out driving around so
we see slick spots, We're going to report that the
city to the plow drivers and hopefully get those spots
addressed as quick as possible.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, this is a it's good information. As we're speaking
here today from the Omaha Police Department with Lieutenant Dan Flynn.
So can we talk a little bit about when the
snowfall came down what kind of the protocols are because
I know you guys are trying to keep people safe,
but I saw a bunch of cars in different areas
in you know, kind of busier spots that were losing
(02:51):
their wheels a little bit. They might have been sliding
a little bit, or they had gotten in some sort
of collision and we're kind of in an awkward spot
on the side of the road. Are there kind of
some easy basic ground rules for you know, people who
are having trouble with their vehicle for some reason in
those conditions, knowing that they are likely going to be
other cars that have those issues, what would be some
(03:11):
of the protocols that people should do if they're kind
of in a weird spot and they are having a
hard time getting their car under control.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, well, I think visibility is probably one of the
most important things. If you for some reason, you know,
lose control, your vehicle flight off the road, or you
have to pull over because your car broke down, put
your hazards on and making sure you're visible. We want
to make sure everyone's safe, so especially you know, there's
less daytime hours going on right now, so it's a
little darker, harder to see people on the side of
(03:40):
the road. You know, if you can, or you're having
to pull over, we really encourage it to get off
the off the main drag and keep your hazards on.
If you can't, you know, we want to be notified
immediately so we can get there. Obviously, depending on the
road conditions, we'll get there as quick as we can,
but we just we want to prevent that secondary crash
somebody seeing you or you know you're in the wrong,
(04:02):
you're in a bad spot over a hill and you
know someone is unable to slow down at times. So
you know, I think if you can choose the location,
you know, which is either said than done. Obviously a
side road would be great, but get a hold of us,
get your hazards on, and you know, go from there.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Might be a trivial question, but what's the easiest or
best way for people to get a hold of the
police department. Would that be a nine to one one
situation or would they try the non emergency number.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, no, nine one the wickest way to get ahold
of us. Our dispatch will make it a high priority
given the certain circumstances of it. But yeah, Colin nimi one,
let where you're at and they'll have some tips and
they'll they'll walk you through it and go from there.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Uh. Last thing for you, Lieutenant. I was driving and
I saw this person blow past me and they were
they were speeding quite quite fast on multi lane road,
and you know, I was just like, that's not too safe.
It was dry at this point, but I saw this
occur and then I saw that there was a law
enforcement officer kind of at the top of the hill
(05:09):
and they were ready to you know, make the to
pull over someone. And they eventually pulled over well up
the highway and they were off onto like an exit ramp.
And I was kind of thinking to myself, you know,
that's a good idea because now you're not gonna have
to worry about like highway traffic going seventy seventy five
miles an hour past these pulled over vehicles. I know
(05:30):
in the city it's gonna feel a little bit different
as well. But if you're attempting to pull someone over,
what would be the smartest way for the person who's
getting pulled over to let you know they acknowledged that
they're being pulled over. They're not trying to get away,
but they're also kind of looking for maybe a safe
spot to actually get out of the way of the
traffic that maybe on the main street that you guys
(05:51):
have are attempting to pull them over on.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, that's a great question. I would encourage them the
you know, if you're going to be trying to exit
the roadway or you know, an off ramp, you know,
use your signals, your blinkers. Although I put on your
hazards acknowledging, hey, we know you're behind I know you're
behind me, you know, and obviously it's going to be
within reason, right, we need you to pull over as
soon as it's safe, but not keep going for a
(06:16):
long time. But yeah, no, I put your hazards on
or signaling with your blinkers is going to kind of
know that we can you know, we know you were
aware that we're behind you.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
It's a good idea, and of course just drive as
safely as possible, especially in this stuff. Lieutenant Dan Flynn
with the Omaha Police Department great information about ways we
can stay safe while the roads are slick out here,
and ways to try to make sure we stay out
of the way of potential harm with other people driving
around town. We do appreciate the time today and thank
(06:47):
you so much for being on our show.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Thank you, Evy, Good day.
Uh, safer, smarter on the roadways. From the Omaha Police Department,
Lieutenant Dan Flynn joining us. Lieutenant, thank you so much
for being on our show. Absolutely, let's talk about the
big snowstorm over the week and it was a holiday
travel and I know that the City of Omaha kind
of preemptively canceled some things or moved some things around
(00:21):
so there wasn't a ton of traffic on the on Saturday,
because a Friday into Saturday with a snowfall. From your
guys' perspective, when the city is doing you know, these
types of things like small business Saturday and they're trying
to run the trolleys and make things very easy for people.
How much are you in contact with them about trying
to make sure everybody is as safe as possible even
(00:43):
before we get to a weather event like that.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, between all shareholders involved, you know, wordant communication with
Mecca and the CHI people, and you know they were
discussing moving the holiday lights and oviously, we want life
to go as normal as possible, but we want to
make sure we don't do it at the risk of
you know, the safety of others.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, this's one other thing that you know when the
snow was being projected at the beginning of last week,
it just felt like it kept growing. The amount of
snow and the chance of snow kind of continued to increase.
What were the things that you guys do as the
police department to, you know, especially when you got these
really busy streets like Dodge and you got highways coming
(01:30):
from you know, four or five different directions, What are
some of the things that you are prepared for in
those situations when you know, especially on a holiday week
and there's going to be a lot of people traveling
and there's still going to be some treacherous conditions, both
with visibility and with slick roads.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, I think the weather channels do a very good
job with messaging. As for our department, we tried to
make sure those roadways are cleared. We'll have officers go
out and check the interstates and try to you know,
if we have a lot of stalled vehicle throughout the
interstates around Dodd Street, we'll try to get those towed
out before the weather hits to give our decisis more room.
(02:08):
And then you know, during during the storm, we are
obviously doing as much as we can. We do our
interstate checks, maybe checkers stranded motorists and see what we
can do to help. And we're out driving around so
we see slick spots, We're going to report that the
city to the plow drivers and hopefully get those spots
addressed as quick as possible.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, this is a it's good information. As we're speaking
here today from the Omaha Police Department with Lieutenant Dan Flynn.
So can we talk a little bit about when the
snowfall came down what kind of the protocols are because
I know you guys are trying to keep people safe,
but I saw a bunch of cars in different areas
in you know, kind of busier spots that were losing
(02:51):
their wheels a little bit. They might have been sliding
a little bit, or they had gotten in some sort
of collision and we're kind of in an awkward spot
on the side of the road. Are there kind of
some easy basic ground rules for you know, people who
are having trouble with their vehicle for some reason in
those conditions, knowing that they are likely going to be
other cars that have those issues, what would be some
(03:11):
of the protocols that people should do if they're kind
of in a weird spot and they are having a
hard time getting their car under control.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, well, I think visibility is probably one of the
most important things. If you for some reason, you know,
lose control, your vehicle flight off the road, or you
have to pull over because your car broke down, put
your hazards on and making sure you're visible. We want
to make sure everyone's safe, so especially you know, there's
less daytime hours going on right now, so it's a
little darker, harder to see people on the side of
(03:40):
the road. You know, if you can, or you're having
to pull over, we really encourage it to get off
the off the main drag and keep your hazards on.
If you can't, you know, we want to be notified
immediately so we can get there. Obviously, depending on the
road conditions, we'll get there as quick as we can,
but we just we want to prevent that secondary crash
somebody seeing you or you know you're in the wrong,
(04:02):
you're in a bad spot over a hill and you
know someone is unable to slow down at times. So
you know, I think if you can choose the location,
you know, which is either said than done. Obviously a
side road would be great, but get a hold of us,
get your hazards on, and you know, go from there.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Might be a trivial question, but what's the easiest or
best way for people to get a hold of the
police department. Would that be a nine to one one
situation or would they try the non emergency number.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, no, nine one the wickest way to get ahold
of us. Our dispatch will make it a high priority
given the certain circumstances of it. But yeah, Colin nimi one,
let where you're at and they'll have some tips and
they'll they'll walk you through it and go from there.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Uh. Last thing for you, Lieutenant. I was driving and
I saw this person blow past me and they were
they were speeding quite quite fast on multi lane road,
and you know, I was just like, that's not too safe.
It was dry at this point, but I saw this
occur and then I saw that there was a law
enforcement officer kind of at the top of the hill
(05:09):
and they were ready to you know, make the to
pull over someone. And they eventually pulled over well up
the highway and they were off onto like an exit ramp.
And I was kind of thinking to myself, you know,
that's a good idea because now you're not gonna have
to worry about like highway traffic going seventy seventy five
miles an hour past these pulled over vehicles. I know
(05:30):
in the city it's gonna feel a little bit different
as well. But if you're attempting to pull someone over,
what would be the smartest way for the person who's
getting pulled over to let you know they acknowledged that
they're being pulled over. They're not trying to get away,
but they're also kind of looking for maybe a safe
spot to actually get out of the way of the
traffic that maybe on the main street that you guys
(05:51):
have are attempting to pull them over on.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, that's a great question. I would encourage them the
you know, if you're going to be trying to exit
the roadway or you know, an off ramp, you know,
use your signals, your blinkers. Although I put on your
hazards acknowledging, hey, we know you're behind I know you're
behind me, you know, and obviously it's going to be
within reason, right, we need you to pull over as
soon as it's safe, but not keep going for a
(06:16):
long time. But yeah, no, I put your hazards on
or signaling with your blinkers is going to kind of
know that we can you know, we know you were
aware that we're behind you.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
It's a good idea, and of course just drive as
safely as possible, especially in this stuff. Lieutenant Dan Flynn
with the Omaha Police Department great information about ways we
can stay safe while the roads are slick out here,
and ways to try to make sure we stay out
of the way of potential harm with other people driving
around town. We do appreciate the time today and thank
(06:47):
you so much for being on our show.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Thank you, Evy, Good day.
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