Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LAPD

Critical Mess Update: LAPD Looking Into Incident. Working Group to Form Next Year.

By Damien Newton | Dec 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

Critical Mass takes a rest in February of 2008. Photo: digablesoul/Flickr The now Streetsblog-Famous Lt. Andre Dawson gave me a call last night to discuss where the LAPD is in working on its bike policy after we traded messages about last Friday’s incident between the LAPD and Critical Mass. We discussed a couple of issues, […]

LAPD Tackle Cyclists at Friday’s Critical Mass

By Damien Newton | Nov 30, 2009 | 61 Comments

Photo from of cyclists going through Second Street Tunnel via LACM’s twitter feed. Bike discussion sites have been abuzz since last Friday with news that things got ugly when Los Angeles Critical Mass breezed onto Los Angeles Street and ran into an LAPD Squad Car facing against traffic with its lights flashing. According to eye […]

New Chief, New Relationship with Cyclists? LAPD Creates Bicycling Working Group

By Damien Newton | Nov 25, 2009 | 4 Comments

An LAPD bike officer, moments after complaining to me about Midnight Ridazz, corks an intersection during the 2008 4SBB ride. Photo: Ingrid Peterson/Flickr Over the last several weeks, Mayor Villaraigosa and his new police chief, Charlie Beck, have been holding community meetings and town halls throughout the city. At nearly every stop, they were met […]

Update on the Prosecution in the Road Rage Doctor Trial

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2009 | 11 Comments

Ron Peterson, on July 4, 2008 Photo: LAist DJ Wheels, an attorney who happens to be a bicycle rider, has been updating the folks at Midnight Ridazz on the ongoing case of the "Road Rage Doctor" as it is heard at the LAX Courthouse. Wheels was gracious enough to summarize his posts on Monday and […]

Courtroom Drama for Cyclists throughout the County

By Stephen Box | Oct 13, 2009 | 12 Comments

The trial of Dr, Christopher Thompson begins today, but there are other cases worth watching. The wheels of justice grind slowly and sometimes it’s hard to believe that the system is working but a survey of the legal landscape in LA County reveals that there are several cases working that should be of great interest […]

Where’s the Bike Parking at the New LAPD HQ?

By Stephen Box | Oct 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

The largest and most expensive police building in the United States is about to be dedicated and as the world watches, the LAPD’s ignorance of basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards will be revealed. The new headquarters are located across the street from LA’s City Hall and the 10-story, 500,000-square-foot building has a […]

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