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Philly voters can choose to create traffic enforcement officers in Tuesday’s primary election

The ballot question is designed to free police officers from traffic enforcement duties.

Philadelphia police officers have been enforcing bike lanes, bus stops and turning rules to improve traffic congestion. A question on the ballot in Tuesday's primary election asks whether the city should have a separate group of traffic officers to free police from the duty and focus more on the problem.
Philadelphia police officers have been enforcing bike lanes, bus stops and turning rules to improve traffic congestion. A question on the ballot in Tuesday's primary election asks whether the city should have a separate group of traffic officers to free police from the duty and focus more on the problem.Read moreERIN BLEWETT / Staff Photographer