DEATH OF CHP OFFICERS RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS
Joseph Rodriguez
DEATH OF CHP OFFICERS RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS
 CHP Officer Joseph Rodriguez cracked open the door of his patrol car on Monday  squeezing between his black-and-white and the traffic whizzing by.
 He passed the telltale scratches on the fender  like those found on most CHP patrol cars  made by officers' equipment belts as they cling to their vehicles for safety.
 On Monday  Rodriguez cruised up and down the 101 Freeway  on the lookout for speeders  tailgaters  cell phone yappers and beltless motorists.
 After he got married in November  he said he became especially conscious of the risk of pulling drivers onto the shoulder.
 When he'd ordered a woman to pull off the freeway last week  she'd paid no heed to his public address system. And after they'd rolled onto the shoulder  he'd almost got hit by the flying roof of a trailered Volkswagen.
 Six months ago  a car ran off the road on the Freeway 170  missing him by 20 feet.
 "We're all out there doing the exact same job " Rodriguez said  after removing his brimmed cap after issuing a warning for cell phone use. "These officers were doing everything right.
"DEATH OF [TGT] OFFICERS RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS
"[TGT] cracked open the door of [TGT] patrol car on Monday  squeezing between [TGT] black-and-white and the traffic whizzing by.
 [TGT] passed the telltale scratches on the fender  like those found on most CHP patrol cars  made by officers' equipment belts as they cling to their vehicles for safety.
 On Monday  [TGT] cruised up and down the 101 Freeway  on the lookout for speeders  tailgaters  cell phone yappers and beltless motorists.
 After [TGT] got married in November  [TGT] said [TGT] became especially conscious of the risk of pulling drivers onto the shoulder.
 When [TGT]'d ordered a woman to pull off the freeway last week  she'd paid no heed to [TGT] public address system. And after they'd rolled onto the shoulder  [TGT]'d almost got hit by the flying roof of a trailered Volkswagen.
 Six months ago  a car ran off the road on the Freeway 170  missing [TGT] by 20 feet.
 "We're all out there doing the exact same job " Rodriguez said  after removing his brimmed cap after issuing a warning for cell phone use. "These officers were doing everything right."