“SLOW THE F-AST DOWN”: says CHP
A new statewide initiative recently issued by California Highway Patrol and the State of California encourages drivers to “Slow The Fast Down” and understand the dangers of speeding.
Saying that excessive speeding went way up during the beginning of the state’s mandated COVID-19 public health crisis related stay-at-home orders in March, CHP recently announced that between March 19 and April 30, the agency’s officers issued 4,000 citations for speeding over 100 miles per hour, up 113% and more than double from last year, despite – or most likely caused – by a significant decline in traffic volume.
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The Redding Police Department supports efforts by the California Office of Traffic Safety to address the emerging traffic safety issue of speeding, according to Redding Police Sergeant Montgomery.
“Speeding remains one of the main causes of crashes,” Montgomery recently said of the statewide initiative; adding, “In federal fiscal year 2017-18, speed was a factor in approximately 31% of all fatal and injury crashes in California
“The Redding Police Department will have extra officers on patrol during this holiday season, enforcing speed law and other moving violations,” the Sergeant continued.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.