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, Specialized Collision Investigation Detail, and Photo Red Light Unit.
Traffic Analytical Unit
1149 S. Broadway St., 5th Floor
213-847-1659
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
The Specialized Collision Investigation Detail (SCID) is responsible for the following:
•Maintaining the Department Traffic Manual
•Completing traffic collision reconstructions
•Providing expert testimony
•Conducting 40-hour POST Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Collision Investigation (CI) School
•Traffic Accident Reconstruction School
•Roll-Call and training day instruction
•On-call availability to investigate T/C's that meet SCID criteria
Photo Red Light Unit
1149 S. Broadway St., 5th Floor
213-847-1630
The Photo Red Light Unit (PRLU) implemented and maintains the Automated Photo Red Light Enforcement Program, which is a joint partnership between the LAPD and DOT. This automated enforcement system will be installed at 32 intersections throughout the City to assist in reducing serious injury and fatal traffic collisions involving motorists who do not stop for red lights. These intersections will be evenly distributed throughout the City (click to site maps). Please link to the attached PDF file titled city_of_la_traffic
The dual-digital video camera system records violators as they approach and travel through an intersection after the light has changed to red. The license plate is photographed from the front and rear. The digital video system records 30 still frames per second for each violation, providing a greater opportunity to obtain a clear photograph of the driver. The citation includes four separate photographs of the involved violator/vehicle.
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