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Police outline agreement with grand jury e‑bike recommendations, propose quarterly reporting and expanded youth education
Summary
Commander Chris Payne told the commission the department agrees with most findings of the Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury report on e‑bikes, will deploy targeted enforcement, provide quarterly updates to the Fire and Police Commission beginning Dec. 1, and pursue school‑based education funded through an Office of Traffic Safety grant.
Commander Chris Payne, patrol division commander for the Santa Barbara Police Department, told the Fire and Police Commission that the department reviewed the Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury report on e‑bikes and "agree[s] with most of the report," and described steps the department has taken and plans to take to improve safety and awareness.
Payne said the department has already deployed enforcement through its traffic unit and the Community Action Team (officers who ride bicycles). He described a rotating deployment strategy intended to make enforcement less predictable while providing positive public contacts: "we're trying to do 2 hours a day, between the 2 units," he said.
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