Traffic watch increases in Electric City

Chief Paul Bowden said traffic enforcement has gone up in Electric City since two new police officers joined the department.

“One is definitely a traffic guy,” said Bowden, who is chief of the Coulee Dam Police Department, with which Electric City contracts for service.

Bowden told the city council Dec. 9 that Electric City had had just 14 calls for service in November, but 71 traffic stops had be...