Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: LOS ANGELES COUNTY Armed Guards to Protect Freeway, Green Line Site Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 06:18:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: LOS ANGELES COUNTY Armed Guards to Protect Freeway, Green Line Site Publication Date: Thursday November 12, 1992 BYLINE: Officials said Wednesday they will spend $844,000 to hire armed guards to battle graffiti, trespassing and racing along the new I-105 Freeway and the Metro Green Line, which are still under construction. The Rail Construction Corp., the builder of the Metro Line system, and Caltrans have hired 24-hour patrols and on-site armed guards to protect the route from Norwalk to El Segundo. Sheriff's Department Transit Bureau Capt. Frank Badurro said anyone unlawfully entering the construction site might be arrested. Rail Construction Corp. officials said they will ask that convicted graffiti vandals be subject to a one-year suspension or delay of drivers' license privileges. Los Angeles Transportation Commission spokeswoman Roberta Tinajero said the extra security is needed because trespassers, graffiti vandals and auto racers have flocked to the unopened freeway. "It provides a dangerous situation because it's still a construction site," Tinajero said. "It has lots of sharp objects on the ground." This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM