Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space reports on one of the presenters at the Bike Maryland Symposium Howard County Chief of Police William McMahon. I will highlight something I would like to see other jurisdictions adopt:
While there is a high standard of evidence required for the police to be able to write a ticket or charge someone with a crime if a police officer did not witness the incident, the Howard County Police Department encourages people to report acts of aggressive driving involving cars, pedestrians, or bicyclists.
They will send a letter to the owner of the vehicle stating that (1) a report was made; (2) concerning the vehicle and a particular illegal act; (3) the consequences from acting in this fashion; and (4) an "apology" if this report was made in error.
They send out over 300 letters each month.
https://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2011/02/howard-county-police-department-best.htmloldId.20110223100320735