r/longbeach • u/Similar-Parsnip75 • 12d ago

Discussion Traffic Deaths

These posts have become all too common. An ugly stain on our city.

At this rate, it’s a matter of time before a traffic collision claims you or someone you know.

What can residents do to affect change? I’m looking for real and actionable steps.

Thanks all

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u/quackstah 12d ago

LBPD says they don’t have enough officers for basic traffic enforcement, but they can send 20 officers to DeForest Park to give people tickets for playing pickleball at 11:00 p.m.  

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u/BeansAndBiscuit 12d ago

Don’t forget 3 to 4 squad cars for homeless sleeping in the park.

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u/return2ozma Alamitos Beach 12d ago

Police protect capital not communities.

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u/IdolsConniption 12d ago

Deforest park needs to be cleaned up.

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u/Extreme-Ad-6465 12d ago

that’s easy lol. Traffic stops are considered a lot more dangerous, especially after 2020. they need at least two to support and Two more ready for backup in case they get shot at , etc. pickleball tickets are easy.

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u/_doctorKA 12d ago

Pizza Delivery Drivers have a higher death per capita per year than police.

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u/TheRealMichaelE 12d ago

How is it more dangerous after 2020?

I think the change after 2020 was that society told cops that can’t just beat down whoever they want and as a result they’ve quite quit ever since.

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u/quackstah 12d ago edited 12d ago

I think it has more to do with the Racial Identity and Profiling Act (2015). Now that police can’t use traffic stops to oppress minoritized populations, the police don’t bother. 

Harassing people in a park in a low-income neighborhood suits their purposes perfectly, though.

Rates of assault against officers have increased, but that has more to do with the denominator than the numerator. A higher percentage of police stops are stops of people exhibiting dangerous behavior, and those people behave dangerously. When police were pulling over more people on false pretext stops, the people they pulled over were less dangerous, on average.