Get a life Granny. Take pictures all day long they won't stand up in court. You are by no means involved in police enforcement.

I'm not sure the assertion that MPD's appearance on the scene is the sole factor for the decrease in fatalities is much wiser.

Pinal County made traffic stops, wrote tickets, made arrests, and scared the dickens out of folks doing stuff they shouldn't be doing behind the wheel too.  They had "zero tolerance" periods, they had special details with DPS, and they were vocal enough about it that the word was certainly out there. 

I think you hit the nail on the head with part of your above-referenced post though...we do have a far lower concentration of laborers and heavy-duty construction vehicles running into and out of town for 18 hours each day.  Think back to how many accidents involved large construction trucks (the fatal wreck in front of Fry's comes to mind) or folks trying to get around slow-moving vehicles (not City's jurisdiction, but the 2005 rollover near the Gila River Bridge comes to mind), or laborers unfamiliar with the area driving too fast for conditions (the accident at "the dip" on Honeycutt comes to mind).  The slowdown in growth here has left more space on the roads to commuters and folks familiar with the area, and has removed hundreds of construction vehicles and big rigs from the road in the process.

Besides, the number of fatal traffic accidents has always been higher outside of town than inside city limits.  The majority of the fatal wrecks over the past few years have occurred on 347 at various points on the Gila River Reservation.  This is an area where MPD's enforcement would have no effect, since it outside of their jurisdiction to begin with. 

This isn't to denigrate the hard work done by MPD by any stretch.  But there's more to the story than mere enforcement. 

How did it go? Why haven't they stepped up red light/stop sign enforcement?

Man...some of you are amazing on here.  I agree speeders do not kill.  Wreckless driving does.  Just as I agree guns to not kill...people do.  Thats another thread though. 

However...speeding in a very urban area with many stop lights can be dangerous and can kill.  SO GO THE FREAKING SPEED LIMIT.  And don't be pissed when you get pulled over.  I rather enjoy laughing at you as I drive by.  Red light runners are hard to catch especially in such a small town. 

People don't blow lights when cops are sitting there.  So why pay a cop to sit there and do nothing.  I say put a red light camera up and then all you people will be happy.  And many more pissed off with "THE MAN" watching them.  Can't make everyone happy.  Someone is always pissed.