A Recent Incident I Witnessed in Downtown Fullerton by Fullerton Resident Susan Levinson.


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Is this really all the protection pedestrians and cyclists are afforded in Fullerton?

 

A Recent Incident I Witnessed in Downtown Fullerton by

Fullerton Resident Susan Levinson.

After hearing Fullerton resident Judith Kaluzny speak at the last City Council meeting about much needed awareness for pedestrians crossing our streets within the crosswalks I am reminded of a situation that I witnessed a few months ago.

While driving my car south on Harbor Blvd. just north of Chapman at approximately 10 in the morning I stopped at the crosswalk to allow a pedestrian to cross from Angelo & Vinci’s restaurant towards Big Slice Pizza.  In the lane next to me was an on-duty Fullerton motorcycle policeman.  The officer and I both watched as the woman began to cross in the crosswalk and then 2 cars heading north drove right through the crosswalk forcing the pedestrian to stop mid-stream & jump back to the curb.  The policeman watched both cars drive right through the crosswalk, endangering the woman’s life. Yet, even though the officer was in the fast lane and could have easily and safely made a U-turn to pull one or both drivers over, he did not.

After the woman made it safely across the street the traffic resumed, and the officer and I pulled up next to each other at the stoplight.  I rolled my window down & asked him why he didn’t pull over either of those drivers as the pedestrian had the right of way.  His response to me was:  “I don’t like that crosswalk”.  I’ve told them it’s not in a good place”.  I said, “But isn’t it against the law to drive through the crosswalk when the pedestrian is already there?”  He replied, “Yes.”  I said, “Then you should have cited both of the drivers.”  He answered with a nod yes of his head and drove away as the light turned green.

It is not a police officer’s job to choose which crosswalks he or she likes or doesn’t like when it comes to enforcing the law.  It is his or her job to protect and serve.  Because our police department may not protect us as pedestrians we must be ever more vigilant about walking around our town.

Susan Levinson

  1. #1 by The Fullerton Follies on February 19, 2015 - 10:32 pm

    Well if people like Boooh can rationalize the murder of Kelly Thomas by the cops, of course they are going to rationalize this as well.

    Boooh says we hate cops. Why? I guess because we expect them to do their jobs.

    Just another example of how the citizens of Fullerton do not get what they pay for when it comes to the policing of this city.

    You see Boooh, a Fullerton motorcycle traffic cop is supposed to uphold the traffic laws. If you have the audacity to state that a traffic violation that almost hit a female pedestrian is not a big deal, you truly are shameless. Maybe it just part of the FPD’s assault on women.

    I remember watching a recent city council meeting on the internet when the police chief stated that he could hate someone but still objectively do his job. This traffic cop simply does not like this cross walk and he still cannot do his job. What would happen if the traffic cop hated that crosswalk? Maybe he would be the one almost running over that poor women. All in a days work of a Fullerton police officer. No qualms about not doing his job and no problem not serving and protecting the public.

    • #2 by FPD anti-women?? on February 20, 2015 - 10:21 am

      I think you are correct, “maybe it is just part of the FPD’s assault on women.”

      FPD Ron Bair is a prime example, as he is charged in a federal case in what seems to be extreme sexual exploitation of a homeless mom. Didn’t another FPD get fired for exchanging sex with females he had stopped? Seems to me that is the recent history.

      FPD appears to be against women. What gives?

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