Johnette Cruz joins to discuss IMPD's data-driven traffic operation on near east side of Indy
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
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| 0:34.7 | Good morning. You're listening to Casey and Ethan on 93 WIBC and joining us as she does on Wednesdays at this time. We've got Jonette Cruz from the WIBC Newsroom. A little tired today. You were up a little late last night. Yeah. We did all, you know, the primary coverage of everything. So we were just trying to keep track of everything coming in |
| 0:54.5 | and so yeah I got to bed a little late I'm a little sleep deprived at the moment I |
| 0:58.2 | was hoping you were tired because you were out doing a primary party somewhere |
| 1:01.7 | but it sounds like you were working no working well we appreciate that let's talk |
| 1:07.1 | about some of the articles that you have out right now at WIBC.com. |
| 1:11.1 | IMPD runs data-driven traffic operation on Near East Side. |
| 1:15.9 | What is a data-driven traffic operation? |
| 1:19.0 | So it's actually a DUI checkpoint that they set up. |
| 1:23.0 | And so what I thought was kind of interesting is because we get these press releases, they happen |
| 1:28.3 | several times a year. |
| 1:29.8 | And so I always decide to put it on my social media. |
| 1:32.9 | And specifically every single time we have one on TikTok, it goes viral, it goes crazy. |
| 1:39.0 | People have very strong opinions about these DUI checkpoints. |
| 1:42.8 | And so in one of the press releases, it has said several |
| 1:45.1 | times, you know, if media wants to partake in anything, you know, just send us an email. So Ryan |
| 1:50.0 | and I from the newsroom as well, we've been wanting to do it. So finally, after months of going |
| 1:55.1 | back and forth on emails, we've finally decided to take part in how everything is set up. And I think to me it was a pretty good experience |
| 2:02.5 | in terms of how they set things up. They have to be very specific in how they pull cars over. |
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