COPS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY TO AVOID ARRESTING ILLEGAL ALIENS? PUT THE COPS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED!
By now you've probably heard about the accident on Victoria near Canyon last night(Friday, 6/1) at about 8:50 p.m. in which three people were killed.
The driver of the vehicle in which the three were killed, Jose Gustavo Castillo, 26, of Costa Mesa, has now been arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter charges.
U-P-D-A-T-E--The victims, all Costa Mesa residents, were identified as Juan Alberto Romero-Figueroa, 18; Francisco Javier Rodriguez, 19; and Julio Cesar Sandoval-Telles, 21.
Here's the link to the OC REGISTER that gives details.
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THE CM PRESS WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE CMPD DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A HEAVY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE ON THE WESTSIDE AND WHY IT ISN'T HOLDING DUI CHECKPOINTS THERE?
We've written about this in prior issues. The CMPD always seems to hold DUI checkpoints on the Eastside but almost never on the Westside. Why? Are there some higher-ups in the department with political agendas and illegal alien friendly attitudes who don't want to arrest illegal aliens for not having driver's licenses, registrations and proof of insurance, as some readers of the CM PRESS have suggested?
This past week, the CM PRESS noted that every time we drove the CM PRESSMOBILE down E. 17th Street toward Newport Beach, that we always saw two CMPD motorcycle cops working that street. And, we drove that street often and at different hours. Every time we did so, we saw the two motorcycle cops.
Come on City Council. Take action. Have the CMPD start holding some DUI/paper checks on the Westside (and also at Fairview and Baker in north Costa Mesa) and have the department put some of their traffic cops in places other than on the Eastside.
Let's not have any more people killed because of misguided attempts to not arrest illegal aliens by not concentrating police traffic enforcement in areas where illegals are most likely to be found if, in fact, that's what is going on.
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