rms13

Riding to work today I got passed very closely and nearly squeezed into the row of parallel parked cars. So then I look over to see who this jerk is and it was an LAPD cruiser. Not lights and sirens blaring in pursuit, just two very chatty looking officers who were probably paying more attention to their conversation then the road. I couldn't help but laugh at the iron of their "Watch The Road" bumper sticker.

JamesR650

Yikes!

You can try emailing the LAPD bike liason. That's worked for some people in the past.

The new bike liaisons are:

Central Traffic Division: Sgt. Laszlo Sandor 30124@lapd.lacity.org 213-972-1853
Valley Traffic Division: Sgt. Steve Egan 26860@lapd.lacity.org 818-644-8146
West Traffic Division: Sgt. Christopher Kunz 26315@lapd.lacity.org 213-473-0215
South Traffic Division: Sgt. Jon Aufdemberg 31630@lapd.lacity.org 213-421-2588

If you run a cam, you can post the video. That usually gets a bit more response.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=X6wOie-28f8

the sci guy 

never would have happened if it was

rms13

Thanks. I don't have a cam but I got some cell phone pictures of them at the light. Of course that doesn't show their driving so I'm sure it will only go so far with the complaint

alan s 

AirZound FTW. Might drop their donuts.

CommuteCommando

I would be thankful I had a GoPro, or be cursing because I don't.

Mr. Hairy Legs

adequate.com pictures don't work. This violation has been logged, lol.

dynodonn 

I now consider riding with front and rear cams as extremely useful, even though no incidents have occurred, the videos themselves are still useful in archiving the sights on one's commute. The urban landscape on my various commute routes has changed considerably since I first started videoing my commutes.

weshigh

I'd contact one of the bike liaisons like was mentioned above and find out who their watch commander is. Or go into the station in that area you are in and talk to the watch commander. You can talk to them about it. I've had good luck when I filed a formal complaint against an officer that almost doored me and then gave me attitude when I kindly advised them they need to be careful when opening the door. It helped that I had helmet camera footage of the whole incident.

rms13

Thanks guys, I sent an email to the liason. I actually have a very old SD GoPro collecting dust. The videos aren't great looking but I will probably hook it up to keep a video document

the sci guy 

say what? the url doesn't say adequate.com, but i see it does on the picture itself. weird. it shows up for me but that probably is because it's in my cache.

sigh.

it was a picture of Ponch from CHiPs!

Phil_gretz

I have an autographed photo of erik estrada hanging in my basement. True story. CHiPS was the right show at the right time.

UberGeek

Get the car number, and call the Mayor's Helpline. Rectified in under 48 hours.

dynodonn 

......pretty much stopped watching the big three, at the time, network television well before this program got off the ground.

calyth

Ask their bike liaison how do they expect the citizen would obey the law if the cops don't uphold it.

It was like the tailgating cop that kept trying to push me go faster than the limit. I called him up, gave them the plate and ask them how do they expect me to keep the speed limit and drive defensively when a cop is basically trying to push me to drive faster than the limit.

groovestew

The other day, I saw a couple of cops on bikes riding in a crosswalk. A minor infraction, sure, but amusing to see.

rms13

I don't think your familiar with the mayor of Los Angeles. He's too busy partying in Mexico with Charlie sheen to care

no motor?

I got yelled at by a guy who said he was a cop last year after taking the lane to keep him from violating the three feet to pass law (and speeding too). He was kind of irate about how I kept him from making me safer as he put it, and by the time I noticed he was wearing a pistol on his belt I'd cooled down enough to realize the discussion wasn't going to change anything for the better. And that arguing with someone paranoid enough to carry a gun like that wasn't going to end well, and chalked it up to yet another case of the laws not being enforced for the benefit of the public. He ended the discussion when he showed his continued respect for the laws he's supposedly paid to enforce when he made an illegal turn and drove away.

JamesR650

Was that your YouTube vid that I linked to?

I saw that your situation was resolved. Always glad to hear that our police are getting more education and training in dealing with cyclists.

weshigh

ha, yup thats my video. Didn't even see that you posted it up there.

JamesR650

I was going to embed it, but sometimes Chrome doesn't seem to want to play nice with YouTube embeds on forums, so I just linked it.

When I read the OP, I remembered your video was linked on BikingInLA.

Booger1

I could always use a new bike and some extra spending money.....

UberGeek

I'm not. The question was "Who do I call", however. It's a shame most other cities don't have a similar system.