Well it is not smart for a Police Officer to POLICE his/her neighborhood (and against LMPD Policy) unless there are chances of serious physical injury or Death. I thought the speeding problem was worse than it is until I sat and ran my radar several days. There is an occasional speeder, but for the most part, everyone is going under 30 MPH. I don't want to pull over or write speeding tickets to all my neighbors I have to live with everyday. If you see a speeding Police car, Please report them (Call 311 and give license plate or 4 digit number on the car), you may find out they are simply on a run or simply speeding and need to be reported. I will tell you that if I were riding the beat in Apple Valley and I was dispatched on a car break-in that was in progress, or my beat partner called out on 2 suspicious males at 3 am in the back of the subdivision, I would be driving faster than the posted speed limit. The policy does not allow the use of lights and sirens in the 2 examples I have given, but you can bet I will be driving fast to get to your car thief or my beat partner. Remember Officer Grignon was murdered while responding to a car fire and stopped 2 males walking away and Officer Grignon was shot and murdered. It's easy to sit at a keyboard and criticize the Police when you don't walk in their shoes.
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With all due respct, there's a difference in speeding to a call and speeding to your driveway.
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I've not noticed, do we have children at play signs posted? If not, that may help to serve as a reminder. nope... everyone driving too fast to read them......all kidding aside... i have no young kids at home..but i am scared to death that one of these nascar wannabees are going to hurt or worse kill a child... i live on a corner lot on expedition trail and i see cars daily going so fast that when they go into the curve, they are on the wrong side of the street.....i see young people, older people, mom with kids.etc.etc.... when kids are out in the neigborhood riding their bikes and other vechicles, they are usually talking , laughing and having a good time,as kids should...and not always paying as close attention as they should... as kids will........therfore it is all of our adults responsiblity in our neighborhood to make sure that we driving safely and watching for these kids.....and we sure can't do that if we are flying through the neighborhood... just remember, if you injure, or worse kill a child doing this unneccessary type of driving, its something you will have to live with the rest of your life..... thank you, decclark |
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