DONATED VAN SPEEDS CRASH-SCENE WORK.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster sheriff's station traffic investigators are getting to nighttime fatal crashes a little quicker thanks to a donation from a Lancaster auto dealer and the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Sheriff Booster Club A booster club is an organization that is formed to contribute money to an associated club, sports team, or organization. Booster clubs are popular in American schools at the high school and university level. . Hunter Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep owners Tom and Tim Fuller donated a Dodge cargo van, while the booster club, of which Tom is president, paid to equip it with about $5,000 worth of gear for use by the deputies assigned to investigate fatal and otherwise serious or high-profile crashes. ``They have to bring a lot of equipment with them. It's a great asset,'' sheriff's Lt. Steve Fredericks said. The three-quarter-ton 2002 Ram 2500 van carries stacks of orange traffic cones, an electrical generator This article is about machines that produce electricity. For other uses, see Generator. “Dynamo” redirects here. For other uses, see Dynamo (disambiguation). and two 1,000-watt lights for illuminating il·lu·mi·nate v. il·lu·mi·nat·ed, il·lu·mi·nat·ing, il·lu·mi·nates v.tr. 1. To provide or brighten with light. 2. To decorate or hang with lights. 3. nighttime crash scenes, film and digital cameras, measuring tapes and measuring devices This is an incomplete list of measuring devices. word Measures accelerometer acceleration actinometer heating power of sunlight alcoholometer alcoholic strength of liquids altimeter altitude ammeter electric current, amperage , traffic law and hazardous-materials manuals, and other equipment. The van mounts a hitch hitch to fasten by a knot, usually used to describe tying a horse to a post. for towing a utility trailer being built for the station to use at drunk-driving checkpoints. The trailer will contain a 7,500-watt generator, lights, outlets for computers and a bathroom. The traffic investigators used to carry their gear in a patrol car or two. At night, when they were called from home, that meant driving to the Lancaster station to find whether a patrol car was available and loading the gear into it. ``We'd have it in old bags or old boxes and we'd throw it in the back of a radio car,'' investigator Dennis Campbell said. The new van is parked during the day at the Lancaster sheriff's station and on nights and weekends at the Quartz Hill sheriff's substation, where it is closer to the homes of the investigators who use it. If investigators get to crash scenes quicker, they can take photos, make measurements and gather other evidence so the damaged vehicles can be moved and roads reopened quicker to traffic, officials said. Over the years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time booster club has donated other equipment for which there was no money in the station budget. That includes cameras, sound recording gear, and heavy-duty bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly vests. ``They've enhanced our ability to do our job out here,'' Lancaster sheriff's station commander Capt. Carl Deeley said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Capt. Carl Deeley, commander of the Lancaster sheriff's station, middle, inspects the traffic-response van with Hunter Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep owners Tom, left, and Tim Fuller. Charles F. Bostwick/Daily News |
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