Monterey Park Police Department Awarded Traffic Education and Enforcement Grant from California Office of Traffic Safety
Monterey Park Police Department Awarded Traffic Education and Enforcement Grant from California Office of Traffic Safety
Monterey Park, Calif. – October 1, 2019 – Monterey Park Police Department received a $95,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a one-year enforcement and education program. The money will fund various activities intended to reduce deaths and injuries on California roads.
“We appreciate the partnership we have with the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant funds we receive will be well spent in educating our community on safe driving and pedestrian habits. Additionally, it will assist us in providing for enforcement of violations that are the primary factor in collisions that result in injury or death,” said Monterey Park Police Chief Jim Smith. “The goal is to make our community safer.”
The grant-related activities are for the 2020 federal fiscal year which runs from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
The funding from the OTS will be used for numerous programs, including: • DUI/driver’s license checkpoints. • Patrols specifically looking for suspected alcohol and/or drug-impaired drivers. • Patrols targeting violations of California’s hands-free cell phone law and vehicle code violations
by drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians that put other roadway users at risk. • Patrols targeting the primary causes of crashes: Speeding, improper turns, running stop signs or
signals, right-of-way violations and driving on the wrong side of the road. • Traffic safety education presentations for youth and community members on distracted and
impaired driving, bicycle and pedestrian safety. • Creating “Hot Sheets” identifying repeat DUI offenders. • Officer training to identify suspected impaired drivers and conduct sobriety tests.
“Getting in a vehicle remains one of the most dangerous things we do,” OTS director Barbara Rooney said. “We must continue to work with our partners in law enforcement to shift that realization and make traveling on our roads safer.”
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Monterey Park Police Announce Arrest of Elder Abuse Suspect
Monterey Park, Calif. – October 10, 2019 – On October 10, 2019 at approximately 1:24 a.m., Monterey Park Police Department officers responded to a home in the 500 block of S. Lincoln Avenue in the City of Monterey Park regarding a family disturbance.
When officers arrived on scene they discovered that a subject known to the family had entered the residence without permission and demanded to speak to his ex-girlfriend. An argument ensued inside the residence as the suspect began breaking items in the home. The subject armed himself with a knife then ran down a hallway, shoving an elderly female to the ground, and locked himself in a bedroom.
After an approximately three hour standoff, the subject was taken into custody with the assistance of the Monterey Park Police Department’s Special Response Team (SRT) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT).
The subject was arrested for elder abuse and transported to Los County Medical Center for treatment of his self inflicted injuries. The elderly female who was shoved to the ground was also transported to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The suspect is identified as Nicholas Charmack, 29, from Monterey Park.
