[Ebbc-Talk] L.A. City Council Members Tell LAPD To More Seriously Address Hit-and-Run Crisis LA Weekly July 26, 2013

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/07/hit_and_run_public_safety_committee_lapd.php

L.A. City Council Members Tell LAPD To More Seriously Address Hit-and-Run Crisis

By Patrick Range McDonald 
In June, LAPD chief Charlie Beck released a controversial hit-and-run report that critics thought was more about public relations damage control on the heels of the Weekly expose than addressing the concerns of Buscaino and bicycling advocates. Bicyclists are often the victims of hit-and-runs, which have sometimes resulted in death.

At today's committee meeting, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Policy Director Eric Bruins said a hit-and-run is "a violent crime, and we need to treat it that way." He added that bicyclists who have been involved in a hit-and-run "don't feel like they were treated seriously" by the LAPD.

Bicycling advocate Don Ward, who was a member of the LAPD's Bike Task Force, testified that "the LAPD actually discourages [hit-and-run victims] from filing a report."

Don Rosenberg, whose son was killed in a hit-and-run in San Francisco, was called as an expert witness by 12th District L.A. Councilman Mitch Englander, chair of the public safety committee. Rosenberg blasted the LAPD's report and said, "Quite frankly, the department doesn't give a damn about this issue..."
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