Show Traffic Officer Prefers Making Friends Friend to Arrests On His was Beat By ny By EI II X E Service Sen Ice Writer As traffic traffic officer of o Pueblo l County Colorado noy Roy P 1 Arnold has a 0 record or of o two arrests neith neither er cr tor or sinco Jan 1 I Pueblo county's motor accident r record tord has Improved during Ar Arnold's nold's regimo as all good will traffic tic fic officer This traffic officer who In leaving Ic motorists with a smile rather than a curse curso upon their lips stops at least 10 motorists every ever everyday everyday da day and and- talks safely axioms Ith them When employed at the tha first ot of o the car Arnold ask asked d the Pueblo county commissioners lon rs whether r they wanted fines or sat safety ty When ho was was vas told safety s ho started nn an Individual campaign to 10 ma make e the highways safe and to 10 do It with w lh the least amount of friction I TALKS T Whenever I I- I Isee see ace a 0 motorist exceeding ex- ex exceeding ex exceeding the speed sp speed limit limit sa eay says Arnold Ar- Ar Arnold Ar Arnold nold I I stop him and talk with him Before I discuss the of speeding I 1 try to make him m my fri friend nd Then I 1 caution him about I the he dangers of break break- breakIng breaking Inc brcak-Inc Ing traffic ordinances I have found that motorists t who ho are arc stopped and talked to In- In intelligently In Intelligently on I the be platter matter of speed speed- speedIng speeding ing feel feci under atlon to the I traffic rUfie officer and as Ila a rule rulo do donot donot donot not break brcak traffic laws lans again While hll l motorists who lure lire fined have eve Ii a grudge ag against traffic officers and to seek to break brenk lp speed speed d laws las at at every opportunity Arnolds Arnold's first arrest was amp a 11 mp- mp mp who was driving while willie in- in intoxicated In Intoxicated His Ilia second arrest arree was wasa wasa wasa a driver who driver who became hard boll ed rd and refused to carryon carry on n Il friendly discussion so Arnold Arrold l was ls forced to 10 bring him Into Inlo court GOOD SAMARITAN sul nn While While on his beat bent one night A Arnold found that tbt a 0 a motorist had ll stopped atthe at the the Intersection of of tw two main highways to repair a punctured punctured tire lire He Ho stopped and ask uk- asked ask asked ed the motorist to drive to one side ide of the road for his own and others safety The motorist didn't t want to move his car and began a long long- discus discus- discussion discussion sion slon on discourteous treatment by traffic officers However Arnold prevailed d on the motorist to drive his car to the sl side le of ot the road Then hO turned th the lights of f his car carbon caron on the automobile and anti helped the motorist repair the tire lire another friend Youths about IG ot otage or 17 age driving driving their parents parents cats cats are the lile most reckless and hardest to control sas says Arnold They soon get to know the traffic car and there Isn't much chance chanc to catch them speed speeding ing fog I 1 have tried making friends 1 with Ith them all and find that this Is the most moat satisfactory manner mannel for controlling them I nor r I Irn P rn cart officer would 1 rather n a friend than an arrest artt |