CHIEF DEFENDS TICKET POLICY, OKS REVIEW.Byline: Daily News Police Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. said Thursday that he would cooperate with a City Council review of LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. traffic enforcement policies, but defended programs that resulted in officers writing 10 times more speeding tickets in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. than in inner-city districts. City Councilman Mike Hernandez called Wednesday for a review of the discrepancy, but Williams told reporters during his monthly open house that the Police Department tailors its enforcement efforts to the problems of each part of the city. Because there are more speeding accidents in the Valley, officers target speeders, Williams said. The big violations in the inner city are jaywalking jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. and illegal turns by motorists, so those problems draw the most tickets, the chief said. "Different parts of the city are going to require different types of enforcement," Williams said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Radar device on De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. Avenue lets drivers check their speed. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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