Traffic Coordination Section
Traffic Coordination Section (TCS)100 West 1st Street, 4th Floor
213-486-0690
Traffic Coordination Section, within the Emergency Operations Division provides support and administrative services related to traffic issues. TCS is comprised of the Traffic Analytical Unit, and the Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team (MCIT). Captain Fontanetta is the commanding officer.
Traffic Analytical Unit
100 West 1st Street, 4th Floor
213-486-0690
The Traffic Analytical Unit is responsible for the following:
100 West 1st Street, 4th Floor
213-486-0690
The Traffic Analytical Unit is responsible for the following:
- Conducting traffic related research
- Analyzing traffic legislation and court decisions
- Proposing additions and amendments to the California Vehicle Code
- Preparing annual budget for the Department's traffic functions
- Liaisons with Department of Transportation (DOT), California Highway Patrol (CHP), and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
- Emergency Driving-Under-the-Influence Cost Recovery Program
- Grant programs such as: California Office of Traffic Safety and Photo Red-Light/Electronic Traffic Enforcement
- Department Fleet Safety Programs
- Providing Fleet Safety information to TEAMS
- Publishing monthly Total Resources Attack on Fatalities (TRAF) Bulletin
- Liaison with CHP and DMV to correct officers' driving history
- Liaison with DOT regarding T/C data
- Maintaining and providing traffic statistics
- Coordinating all facets of the Radar Program (including staff research, legislation analysis, and proposing amendments to the California Vehicle Code)
- Preparing annual budget for new radar and maintenance
- Conducting 16-hour POST Laser School
Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team
100 West 1st Street, 4th Floor
100 West 1st Street, 4th Floor
213-486-0690
The Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team is responsible for the following:
- Maintaining the Department Traffic Manual
- Completing traffic collision reconstructions
- Providing expert testimony
- Conducting 40-hour POST Basic, Intermediate, and Enhanced Collision Investigation (CI) School
- Traffic Trainee Test Administration
- Roll-Call and training day instruction
- On-call availability to investigate T/C's that meet MCIT criteria
- Conduct compelled interviews of Department employees involved in T/C’s on MCIT call-outs
- Investigate traffic-related crimes on MCIT call-outs