[Inspectorette]

THE WORTHLESS CHP is never anywhere to be seen, except, of course, if you try to fly the flag, or if you go to a doughnut shop.

Sorry to disagree a little here - it was five years ago last month that we here on the Central Coast lost two fine CHP officers who responded to a rescue call in the middle of the night regarding a problem with cars stranded in flooding on Hwy. 166. (This was during the El Nino year.

Officers Reed Irvine and Britt Stovall's police car was washed away when a 400-ft. section of Hwy. 166 collapsed under them. Their bodies were found the following day.

That section of Hwy. 166 has now been officially designated as the Irvine-Stovall Memorial Highway.

[comwatch]

Amen .. a lot Inspectorette!

[rimmont]

I am sure there are many fine officers in the CHP trying to do a good job in many parts of the state and providing needed services, so I hate to use too broad a brush and criticize the entire agency.But here in L.A. the CHP has been so neglectful it is infuriating. I don't know if the situation is any different now but I know what the situation was when I was a regular commuter and nobody is going to convince me that the CHP was doing ANYTHING! I would love to discuss this with an officer who has worked down here but the bottom line is that an agency which is charged with maintaining safety on the highways WASN'T and maybe still isn't.