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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl
LA county seems to be too busy to care about hit-and-runs.<snip> Something should be in place for this but they don't seem to care.
Bah.
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I don't think that it an issue of "caring", rather one of resources. Without witnesses, a license plate or something definitive, it is going to be next to impossible to find the culprit. I am a firm believer that the majority of law enforcement officials do a damned fine and far under-appreciated job.
If you ever travel the 57 freeway north of the 91, this is the Donald J. Burt Memorial Highway. You can see the sign going Northbound right at the 91. Southbound, the sign is just past Imperial Highway. I see those signs most every day. Don was a friend of Susan and I. Granted, not a close friend, but a friend none-the-less. A few years back, he was pulling someone over on the 57 for a minor infraction. They pulled off the freeway and stopped in the parking lot of the Chevron Station on Nutwood and Placentia, right next to what was then a CoCo's (now Denny's). There was a scuffle and the suspect got ahold of Don's gun. Don was shot six times, but his vest saved him. But while Don was lying on the ground, the suspect stood over Don and shot him in the face. Don died in the hospital a couple of hours later. He left behind a pregnant wife.