CHP HAS POTENT PILL FOR; FOILING SPEEDERS.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer With speeding and traffic accidents far too common on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. through Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. on Thursday unleashed a 10-officer special task force to crack down on speeders and other unsafe drivers. Led by Sgt. Steve Webb
Steven John Webb, better known as Steve Webb, is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Northavon and the Chair of the Liberal , the Community Enhancement Response Team is composed of officers from various CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan stations throughout Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. The team's primary responsibility is to nab traffic violators. ``Our goal is to improve conditions wherever we go and it seems like the Antelope Valley Freeway is one of the most problematic freeways in the county,'' Webb said. Last month, officers issued 565 citations to speeders and other violators while responding to 37 collisions. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the record is, but I know those numbers are very high,'' Webb said. Capt. Pete Mader of the Newhall division said the team will operate out of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. area over an undisclosed period of time. The number of tickets written Thursday was not available. Officers on the team are specially trained to locate speeders. For instance, Mader said, if an officer is in the process of stopping one motorist he is trained to notice other speeders and alert the nearest stationed officer. Mader said not only will the freeway be targeted but unincorporated areas such as Sierra Highway in the Vasquez Canyon area as well. ``We've been working the Antelope Valley Freeway a lot, but other areas are of concern, too,'' Mader said. The CERT team was formed a year ago to reinforce to regular patrols. Because just one officer is taken from a division, no extra funding was required and stations are not left shorthanded, Mader said. ``We just want people to slow down,'' Webb said. ``We would rather see that happen and not give tickets than having to pull people over and write them up.'' The team's presence is rarely announced because Mader said it would take the surprise element out of the operation. ``We prefer to keep it quiet, we can't tell everything that we do,'' Mader said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in SAC Edition only) CHP Officer Paul Peterson talks to a motorist he stopped for speeding on the Antelope Valley Freeway in Santa Clarita. (2--Color in SAC Edition only) Patrolman Paul Peterson writes out a ticket along the Antelope Valley Freeway, where speeding has been a problem. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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