This is blowing up in So Cal. This (very annoying) woman posts something called Cup Holder Commentary. Trying to be a youtube star I guess..... Anyway, this particular one talks about running over cyclists. "How much to run over a cyclist?" "How much is in your wallet?" The last scene is particularly unnerving. She does not identify her affiliation, but she is in fact a Santa Paula reserve police officer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9H4xfya-OE
She's been placed on administrative leave. This needs to be permanent. Anyone that wants to comment to the police chief can do so on the Santa Paula Police Dept FB page, or smclean@spcity.org They've taken pretty swift action putting her on leave, but this needs to be permanent.
She has apologized saying it was a "mistake" but do we really want a peace officer on the road with this attitude? I have ridden these roads, I bet Rapp and many others here have as well.
And frankly, she deserves to be fired because she's so fucking annoying.
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8/5 Some good may come out of this after all. Seth Davidson, a local cycling ummm cycling "advocate" some of you may know, and the LA County Bike Coalition met with Santa Paula's police chief to discuss ways to improve driver/rider relationships, and ncrease education and safety.
Then, turns out the woman that made the vid reached out to a cycling blog (http://bikinginla.com/) to talk to the blogger to get a better understanding as to the outcry her video produced. The result is below. Truly contrite or Damage control? maybe a little of both, but certainly a step in the right direction (although sadly some of the comments to this new vid reflect the same old "bikes don't belong on roads" crap, but little by little...) Also certainly a much better outcome than we usually see, which is people slinking off into the shadows. At least she had the guts to post it.
https://www.youtube.com/...Co6xakLj32SuV0cNkfDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9H4xfya-OE
She's been placed on administrative leave. This needs to be permanent. Anyone that wants to comment to the police chief can do so on the Santa Paula Police Dept FB page, or smclean@spcity.org They've taken pretty swift action putting her on leave, but this needs to be permanent.
She has apologized saying it was a "mistake" but do we really want a peace officer on the road with this attitude? I have ridden these roads, I bet Rapp and many others here have as well.
And frankly, she deserves to be fired because she's so fucking annoying.
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8/5 Some good may come out of this after all. Seth Davidson, a local cycling ummm cycling "advocate" some of you may know, and the LA County Bike Coalition met with Santa Paula's police chief to discuss ways to improve driver/rider relationships, and ncrease education and safety.
Then, turns out the woman that made the vid reached out to a cycling blog (http://bikinginla.com/) to talk to the blogger to get a better understanding as to the outcry her video produced. The result is below. Truly contrite or Damage control? maybe a little of both, but certainly a step in the right direction (although sadly some of the comments to this new vid reflect the same old "bikes don't belong on roads" crap, but little by little...) Also certainly a much better outcome than we usually see, which is people slinking off into the shadows. At least she had the guts to post it.
https://www.youtube.com/...Co6xakLj32SuV0cNkfDQ