HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation #22SPECTATOR ORDINANCE
PROHIBITING SPECTATORS AT STREET
RACES OR RECKLESS DRIVING
EXHIBITIONS
ARTICLE XV
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE § § 3 6-706 TO 3 6-710
S.T.E.A.R.R.D
(STRATEGIC TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGAINST RACING AND RECKLESS
DRIVING)
THREE -PRONGED APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE RACING AND RECKLESS
DRIVING:
ENFORCEMENT
ENGINEERING
EDUCATION
STEARRD PARTNERSHIP HAS COMPLETED 124 ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
S.T.E.A.R.R.D STATISTICS
CONDUCTED 124 OPERATIONS RESULTING IN:
❑ 2316 TOTAL CITATIONS
❑ 261 IMPOUNDS
❑ 206 RACING OR RECKLESS DRIVING ARRESTS/CITATIONS
❑ 82 MISCELLANEOUS ARRESTS
THE ORDINANCE
CURRENTLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOLD
SPECTATORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENGAGING IN OR AIDING AND ABETTING STREET
RACES OR RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITIONS
SPECTATORS
❑ ASSIST IN PREPARATIONS FOR STREET RACES;
❑ RECORD AND POST VIDEOS TO SOCIAL MEDIA;
❑ ENCOURAGE STREET RACES;
❑ LINE PUBLIC STREETS/INTERSECTIONS;
❑ IMPEDE THE FREE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS BY ACTIONS, WORDS OR PHYSICAL
BARRIERS
THIS CREATES A NUISANCE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN
THE ORDINANCE
• ALLOWS OFFICERS TO ISSUE MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS TO ANY
PERSON WHO IS KNOWINGLY PRESENT AS A SPECTATOR OF A STREET
RACE OR RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION ON A PUBLIC STREET,
HIGHWAY, OR OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITY.
• DEFINES "PRESENT" AS A PERSON WHO IS WITHIN TWO HUNDRED (200)
FEET OF THE LOCATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SPEED CONTEST OR
RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION OR WITHIN TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET
OF THE SITE OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR EITHER OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
SPECTATOR MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PRESENT AT STREET RACE OR
RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION AT A LOCATION WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE
BEING MADE FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING,
OBSERVING, WATCHING, RECORDING, OR WITNESSING, THE EVENT AS IT
PROGRESSES. SPECTATOR INCLUDES ANY INDIVIDUAL AT THE LOCATION OF
THE EVENT WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL ARRIVED AT
THE EVENT BY DRIVING A VEHICLE, RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE,
WALKING, OR ARRIVING BY SOME OTHER MEANS.
• A VIOLATION IS PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR SUBJECT TO A
MAXIMUM OF SIX MONTHS IN JAIL AND A FINE OF $1 Moo.
• OFFICERS HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE
CITATION, MISDEMEANOR CITATION, OR AS AN INFRACTION
CITATION.
QUESTIONS?