HEY CITY COUNCIL, CITIZENS KEEP SAYING THE COPS NEED TO HOLD MORE DUI/LICENSE CHECKS ON THE WESTSIDE AND IN NORTH COSTA MESA. WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING?
The Daily Pilot is reporting that Gabriel Aguirre Reyes of Costa Mesa was arrested Wednesday by Newport Beach police for suspicion of hit- and-run after a collision on the Westside at Placentia and Superior that left a motorcyclist in the hospital in critical condition this past week. Click HERE for the Pilot's article.
Meanwhile, the Daily Pilot is also reporting that the CMPD is going to hold a DUI/Checkpoint in Costa Mesa tonight.
Let's see...yet another serious injury collision on the Westside. Well, no doubt the checkpoint tonight will be on the Westside, right?
Wrong.
Once again, and for the umpteenth time, the CMPD is going to hold their checkpoint on the Eastside at 19th and Newport Blvd.
The CMPD holds so many checkpoints on the Eastside along Newport Blvd. that they might as well set up a permanent police "toll booth" there. Click HERE for the Daily Pilot article.
Come on City Council, have the cops hold some of their checkpoints on the Westside and in the north part of Costa Mesa. Make ALL of our streets safe.
Some citizens who have contacted the CM PRESS believe that there are some in local government who don't want the cops holding such checkpoints on the Westside and in the north of Costa Mesa because they may end up arresting more illegal aliens. True or not, that's what some people believe.
Would we all be safer if such checkpoints were held on the Westside and in the north of Costa Mesa? Well, it seems that there are more Hispanics in those areas. And, with more Hispanics you're probably going to find more illegal aliens.
Also, as reported in CM PRESS # 226, according to the Alcohol Policy Group of Berkeley, Calif., there is evidence that:
"Hispanic drivers are more likely than Anglo drivers to consume more alcohol more frequently and have been shown to be more likely than Anglos to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level over .05 percent."
So, if the Alcohol Policy Group is right, then wouldn't it make sense to hold more checkpoints where there may be people who may be more likely to drive drunk, and also to not have driver's licenses, proof of insurance and registrations?
Wouldn't putting the police where they may do the most good, make our streets safer?
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