Motorcycle policemen fear drivers more than bullets
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated September 18, 1961 partially reads, "A two-ton automobile driven by a good citizen is more potentially lethal to a Valley motorcycle traffic officer than is a gun in the hands of a madman. "There are a lot more cops hurt in traffic accidents," one veteran motor officer said, "than are shot." In the Valley there are 84 such motorcycle policemen who must keep a defensive, wary eye open for the 'good citizens.'" An unidentified motorcycle officer keeps an eye out for speeding motorists.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pepper Tree Lodge Motel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motorcycle police--California--San Fernando Valley Motorcycles--California--San Fernando Valley Police--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Police--Uniforms Streets--California--San Fernando Valley Motels--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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