Officer Anthony Tallavera, California Highway Patrol Antelope Valley, briefed commissioners on staffing, enforcement results and a 2026 strategic plan focused on traffic and community engagement.

Tallavera said seven trainees recently completed initial training and are on patrol and a further trainee and three expected recruits will increase patrol capacity. He presented year‑over‑year enforcement figures: 2‑15 (vehicle code) citations rose 15% in 2025, distracted‑driver violations rose 19% of that increase, overall enforcement contacts were up nearly 10%, and arrests rose about 8% compared with 2024.

The CHP’s Antelope Valley strategic objectives for 2026 include reducing fatal crashes from 47 to 42 (a roughly 10% reduction), increasing DUI arrests from 760 to 800 (a 5% increase), expanding special enforcement units from five to eight annually and raising speed‑enforcement citations to about 5,050.

"We currently have those seven now actively working patrol," Tallavera said of recent trainees, and he listed measurable targets the office will pursue in 2026.

Tallavera described holiday enforcement operations (two operations producing roughly 24 citations and nine DUI arrests) and said recruitment work is ongoing after statewide CHP efforts to fill vacancies. When commissioners asked whether the CHP strategic plan is statewide or local, he replied each office develops its own plan and that the figures he presented reflect Antelope Valley priorities.

During questioning about Avenue N, Tallavera confirmed that the east–west section between 45th Street and 20th Street West is an undivided two‑lane road whose default speed limit is 55 mph and said he had not previously seen the mapping‑app speed changes commissioners described.

Commissioners thanked Tallavera for the presentation; the CHP left copies of the plan for commissioners to review.