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BUMP! On the way...

Who called the cops? I didn't have my camera in the truck so I missed the shots.

Speaking of cops... The Gubbenor was busy this morning... GETTING OUT OF TOWN. I can just see him telling his reluctant CHP protection detail "I have to be in LA by X:XX A.M. You better get me there!" Davis was so unpopular that few if any CHP vets volunteered for this once popular detail. Davis doubled the size of the detail taking cops off our downtown street to do it. This I know for a fact having worked with a few of them in the past.

Maybe the thought of having to be around Davis for a road trip to LA was the reason, but it's still no excuse for being ABOVE THE LAW the rest of us must observe.

"Report: Governor's motorcade caught speeding on California road."

The Associated Press
Last Updated 6:57 a.m. PDT Saturday, August 9, 2003

SACRAMENTO (AP) -

A motorcade carrying Gov. Gray Davis did 94 mph on a 55-mph stretch of Central California road known locally as "Blood Alley" for its many accidents, it was reported Saturday.

A California Highway Patrol officer spotted two unmarked cars speeding along Highway 46 in San Luis Obispo County on Aug. 2 and chased them for five miles, CHP spokesman Tom Marshall said.

The pursuit ended when a CHP officer in the motorcade contacted a dispatcher, identified himself as a member of the dignitary protection detail and asked the pursuing officer to "back off," Marshall said.

Highway Patrol Commissioner D.O. "Spike" Helmick told the Times only that the motorcade was carrying a "dignitary."

However, the passenger was Davis, who was traveling to Los Angeles, the Times said, citing sources it did not identify. A Davis spokesman declined to comment, the newspaper said.

Helmick said he formally reprimanded a CHP sergeant in charge of the motorcade because traffic laws were broken.

At least 29 people have died since 1998 in accidents on the two-lane stretch of highway. Actor James Dean was killed there in a 1955 accident.

As I was heading back to work I heard the following:

DISPATCH: Bike 13
OFFICER: The pro recall group is breaking up and leaving. I will be standing by so they don't get harrassed by the other side. Did you have another call on this?
DISPATCH: Negative, just checking your status.

Our street cops know who's who... hope the message gets some media play bud.