Lehighton residents concerned with speeding should not attempt to take the law into their own hands.

Resident Theresa Chapmantold borough council speeding remains a problem by the Grove.Chapman then asked council if it was possible to have speed bumps put in.Borough Police Chief Brian Biechy said, “I’m not so sure we need speed bumps.”Biechy said police are aware that residents have confronted drivers, despite the fact police have told them not to do so.“We can’t be there 24 hours,” Biechy said. “Call and let us be the ones to deal with it.”Chapman said she understood, but said, “Now it’s to the point where it’s out of spite.”Biechy said, “Kids are being kids, and they are being spiteful. Call us.“We’re there as much as we can possibly be there,” he said. “We just don’t have the manpower to sit there three to four hours a day.”Chapman said she has already stopped borough officers while on their patrols to inform them of the speeding taking place.Councilman Darryl Arner said he believes putting in speed bumps would be a problem when it comes to plowing, and added the borough has been lucky that no one’s been hurt yet.Biechy then told Chapman, as well as other residents with the same concerns, how to handle the situation.“Don’t confront them yourselves,” he said. “We’re there as much as we can possibly be there with the manpower that we have.”Last year, Chapman and her neighbors enacted a neighborhood watch in an effort to keep an eye on the Grove near Seventh Street.That came several months after Chapman told council that motorists were speeding on her street.