CC - 1977-81 - Peace Officers Associationt
RESOLUTION NO. 77-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD ENDORSING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PEACE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION PROGRAM "DRINKING
AND DRIVING IS A GAMBLE YOU LOSE','
WHEREAS, drinking drivers are a major factor in causing
traffic fatalities, especially during the Christmas-New Year
Holiday periods, and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Programs during the past
several years have concentrated on enforcement, punitive and
educational measures designed to discourage drinkers from
driving, and
WHEREAS, statistics indicate that measurable reductions
in holiday traffic deaths occur each time these programs are
executed cooperatively among the enforcement sector, judicial,
media and the private sector, and
WHEREAS, once again this year the Los Angeles.County
Peace Officers' Association has taken the initiative to
launch an all-out county-wide effort to identify, apprehend
and prosecute drinking drivers, and
WHEREAS, once again they have invited the judicial sec-
tor, media, the private sector and the Greater Los Angeles
Chapter National Safety Council to play cooperative roles,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rosemead desires
to take full advantage of this program to help protect the
lives and limbs of all its citizens,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Rosemead heartily endorses the Los Angeles County
Peace Officers' Association Program, "Drinking and Driving
is a Gamble...You Lose" and encourage all its citizens to
recognize the dangers, the cost and the embarrassment of
being arrested for and convicted of drunk driving.
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 1977.
Mayo
ATTEST:
`City Cler