Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LAPD

LAPD Training USC Security That “Biking in Crosswalks” Is Illegal

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2009 | 36 Comments

A cyclist flaunts her violation of a non-existant law. Photo: Katherine Hitt/Flickr h/t to reader Jass. The Daily Trojan reports that the LAPD and USC Campus Security are teaming up to more effectively enforce the law that prohibits cyclists from crossing the street while riding. What the article misses, and what the LAPD sometimes seems […]

Chicago Police Say It Loud: Bikes Belong

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2009 | 10 Comments

Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety from Chicago Bicycle Program on Vimeo. This amazing video, via Chicago Bicycle Advocate, was produced for the Chicago Police Department to educate drivers, cyclists and officers on traffic laws pertaining to bikes. Given that the LAPD is revising its teaching methods for how it enforces traffic laws on cyclists this […]

City Announces Meetings to Help Select Police Chief: We Need a Plan

By Damien Newton | Aug 19, 2009 | 9 Comments

Image: Times Yesterday, the City announced the details of their outreach strategy to gather public input on the qualities that Angelenos want to see in their next police chief. In early September, the city will hold four public outreach meetings in the Valley, South L.A., the Westside and, as Zach Behrens notes, near the Eastside. […]

City Hosts Car-Free Party for Second Time in Three Weeks

By Damien Newton | Jul 7, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo: Blogdowntown It may not have drawn the crowds that were expected, but for the second time in three weeks the City of Los Angeles shut down part of its Downtown street grid for an outdoor party and the world didn’t end. If the city is willing to spend $4 million for police presence and […]

Hummer Hits Bike, LAPD and City Attorney Worry About Hummer

By Damien Newton | Jun 24, 2009 | 20 Comments

The LAPD testified that this hummer had full license plates at today’s hearing. Where they intentionally lieing, or hadn’t the officer looked at the pictures that had been submitted? Photo: Luis On April 24, a gentleman and his family were driving around Downtown Los Angeles in a hummer when a crazed cyclist rammed the back […]

Old Business Highlights Transportation Committee and Metro Board

By Damien Newton | Jun 23, 2009 | 3 Comments

The LAPD’s last word on the Hummer v Bike Crash could be coming tomorrow. Tomorrow marks the swan song for Wendy Greuel, the outgoing Chair of the City Council Transportation Committee who will move across the street to the Comptroller’s Office on July 1st. The agenda for her last meeting is not an easy one, […]

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