Los Angeles: The California Office of Traffic Safety has awarded the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) a $700,000 grant to increase traffic enforcement and education which will ultimately lead to safer roadways.
The objective of the grant, which is titled "Speed Awareness and Motorcycle Safety (SAMS) Project," is to compliment current efforts to reduce the number of community members killed and injured in traffic collisions.
For reference, motorcycle fatalities have been on the rise in California,increasing 175 percent statewide in the last decade, from 204 fatalities in 1998 to 560 fatalities in 2008. Consequently, the grant will specifically focus on speed violations and motorcycle safety. To achieve these objectives, the Department has developed the "Back the Trailer" program that will target speed violators and will increase motorcycle safety through enforcement operations.
"This grant will undoubtedly assist the Department in making our roadways safer by reducing the speeds of motorists and by increasing motorcycle safety" said Captain Todd Chamberlain, Commanding Officer, Emergency Operations Division.
"Every driver and every motorcyclist must get back to the basics: drive sober, always drive or ride safely, buckle up and we will save lives. It's just that simple," said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the Office of Traffic Safety. "This grant will help make Los Angeles just that much safer of a place to live and work."
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The program will begin during the month of November and continue through 2010.
For more information, please call Police Officer Donald Inman, Traffic Coordination Section at 213-486-0703.
Good We Will all safer NOW..
Posted by: George | November 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Having a LEO friend in the hospital from being mowed down on the 405, motorcycle safety has been on my mind. Like a lot of LEOs, I commute 4-6 hours per day, and do everything possible to be alert and vigilant on the road. Taking a B1 supplement helps! I believe it would help me if the law would permit motorcyclists to take the baffle out of their tailpipe so we can hear them coming. Also today I saw a dual, flashing set of halogen headlamps on a motorcycle behind me, and it really got my attention, long before the driver slid around me.
Posted by: LOVESLALEOs | November 25, 2024 at 09:12 AM
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Posted by: Xenon Bulb | December 04, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Again, no specifically appropriate place for my comment. I am sad to hear of the loss of Officer Aragon from Northeast Division, and pray for comfort and peace for his family, friends, and brother and sister officers. I hope the lack of notice in this website and in the LA Times is not indicative of a lack of transparency. Your family is our family, too. Your lives matter to me. Yr friend,
Posted by: LovesLALEOs | December 07, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The police will arrest you if you drive drunk. But they have a bar at the police acadmeny.
Posted by: CITIZEN | December 14, 2024 at 08:26 AM
Police culture, like most of American culture, is still a drinking one. That said, and in response to Citizen, this is a very sad story, and I am heartbroken at the loss his brother and sister officers, friends and family are experiencing at this time. My sincere condolences to all.
Posted by: LOVESLALEOs | December 14, 2024 at 02:29 PM
Hey loveslalleos, I just wish that one of his brothers or sisters that was with him had looke out out for him. Someone should have asked him hey are you ok to drive?
Posted by: CITIZEN | December 16, 2024 at 08:32 AM