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
-----Original Message----- From: snail [mailto:snail ] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:11 PM To: BARB_CARTER@TEMPE.GOV; BEN_ARREDONDO@TEMPE.GOV; DENNIS_CAHILL@TEMPE.GOV; HUGH_HALLMAN@TEMPE.GOV; JOE_SPRACALE@TEMPE.GOV; JOSEPH_LEWIS@TEMPE.GOV; LEN_COPPLE@TEMPE.GOV; MARK_MITCHELL@TEMPE.GOV; NEIL_GIULIANO@TEMPE.GOV 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