Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation to be conducted in the Southwest Division 
January 13, 2010
Pedestrian Safety Campaign
What: Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation
When: Thursday, January 14, 2010
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: The enforcement operation will be conducted in the area of Southwest Division along Western Avenue from Martin Luther King Boulevard to Figueroa Street. The schedule for enforcement is as follows:
7:00 a.m., Western Avenue and 37th Street
8:00 a.m., Martin Luther King Boulevard and Walton Avenue. (Manual Arts High School)
9:00 a.m., Figueroa Street and 43rd Street.
Who: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), South Traffic Division
Why: This operation will be conducted in an effort to promote safety through the enforcement of vehicle verses pedestrian enforcement details in an effort to improve pedestrian safety, to change dangerous pedestrian behaviors, to change dangerous driver behavior, to change dangerous behaviors near school(s) and to reduce injury(s), death, and property damage associated with pedestrian verses vehicle traffic collisions.
The Officer-in-Charge is Sergeant Arturo R. Gomez, South Traffic Division, Community Traffic Services Unit. Approximately (10) traffic enforcement officers, (3) collision investigation officers, (2) traffic enforcement supervisors from the LAPD, South Traffic Division, along with (5) plain clothes officers and (1) plain clothes supervisor from Southwest Division will be involved in the Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Enforcement operation.
For further information you can contact Sergeant Arturo R. Gomez, South Traffic
Division. He can be reached by news media via his cell phone at (805)559-9637.
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Address/Location
LAPD - South Traffic Division
4125 Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 213-485-7418
S Western Ave & W 37th St
Los Angeles, CA 90018