Resident complains about noisy "poppy cars"; police say anonymous web complaint hampered follow-up

Diane Lockwood identified herself during the public-comment period and said she lives at 22 Stratford Street. She described sound concerns from vehicles she called "poppy cars" that "sound like machine guns," saying the noise is amplified where she lives and asking whether to complain to the police department or a city councilor.

Chief Canfield said the department had received a survey via the department website that appeared to stem from an incident during motorcycle week where people at the roadside may have been encouraging burnouts; he said the person who submitted the survey provided no contact information, so staff could not follow up. The chief told the meeting he would have been "happy to reach out" but had no way to do so because the complaint was anonymous.

A meeting participant characterized the submission as "a stupid complaint" in the transcript; the comment was recorded but the meeting record does not show a formal response to that characterization. The chief offered to speak with the resident after the meeting.

The public-comment item was recorded during the meeting—s citizen-comments period; no policy action, ordinance change or enforcement action was ordered in response during this session.