Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Baldwin Park Motorcycle Officers Return Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 07:02:32 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Baldwin Park Motorcycle Officers Return Publication Date: Sunday November 8, 1992 BYLINE: After an absence of 22 years, motorcycle-riding officers will return to city streets under a plan approved by the City Council last week. The council agreed with Police Chief Carmine Lanza's recommendation, which he said would help enforce traffic laws and reduce traffic accidents in the city. The last motorcycle officer to work in Baldwin Park retired in 1970, Lanza said, and the program was phased out. The program, approved at Wednesday's meeting, will involve two officers watching intersections with high collision rates and investigating special traffic problems, the chief said. The $40,300 for the motorcycles, equipment and training will come from the department's asset seizure fund of money taken from narcotics offenders and returned to local police departments. 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