The slew of vehicle-related deaths and collisions that have recently occurred in the Santa Clarita Valley has prompted the city and the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station to team up and launch a safety campaign aimed at local drivers. The safety campaign will consist of changes to traffic engineering as an increased focus by law enforcement officers in the area. Also, officials will be providing a significant amount of information regarding the perils of distracted and/or reckless driving.
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Santa Clarita Deputies’ New Ride
Lookout hipsters, there may soon be a glut of decommissioned Crown Victorias on the auction block. According to LASD officials, the iconic Ford Crown Victoria - the most widely-used automobile by police stations across the country - is slowly being phased out. The phase-out is due to Ford's decision to stop making Crown Victoria service vehicles, and to many in law enforcement, it couldn't have come at a better time.
In place of the Crown Victoria, Ford has offered law enforcement agencies t...
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Canyon Country Suspect Declared Competent
In February of last year, Jessica Paige Greenback was arrested under suspicion of murder. It's alleged that she shot her brother and father in the head after a dispute in their Canyon Country apartment. During pretrial proceedings, questions as to Greenback's competency to stand trial were brought up by her attorney, and she was subsequently transferred to a mental health center to be given an evaluation. Upon that evaluation, it was deemed that Greenback was "incompetent to stand trial."
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