Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:15:11 -0700
From: tom_long@tempe.gov ("Long, Tom")
Subject: FW: bike safety - tempe cops dont know shit
To: snail ( "'snail '" )
Mr. Ross,
Hello, my name is Tom Long and I am the Police Commander that
oversees the Downtown area. I am responsible for the Bike Officers who
patrol the Downtown, and I would like to discuss this issue with you in more
detail. I would like to meet with you in person at your first convenience.
Please feel free to contact me in my office at 350-8215, or by e-mail at
tom_long@tempe.gov to arrange a meeting. I look forward to discussing this
issue with you.
Tom Long
Commander
Special Services Bureau
(480) 350-8215
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Subject: bike saftey - tempe cops dont know shit
dear councilman:
every weekend the tempe bike cops break
state and city laws while cruzing down
the sidewalks of mill avenue protecting
the royal downtown court yard.
the tempe cops often peddle their bikes
on the wrong side of the street, and with
out a headlight and taillight turned on,
both violations of state law.
the tempe cops also break the tempe law
that is clearly posted on signs along mill
which makes it illegal to ride a bike on
the sidewalk of mill avenue in down tempe.
now these tempe cops are teaching
the kids at asu a lesson in bike saftey
by writting them tickets for riding on
the wrong side of the street.
the only lessons the kids are going to
learn is 1) the tempe cops are a bunch
of hypocrites, and 2) the city of tempe
is more intersted in shaking them down
for their money then their safey.
mike ross
--
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny;
when the government fears the people, there is liberty "
Thomas Jefferson