karldotcom
Member
Sacre bleu! Even by Los Angeles standards — where dignitaries' motorcades barely attract attention — Monday's police escort down Pacific Coast Highway was a traffic-stopper.
Lights flashing and motors roaring, 15 Los Angeles-area motorcycle officers were escorting 32 French motorcycle cops to lunch
The French officers are in the area for a 10-day training program with police, sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol that will include security work at next week's Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills.
They planned to begin that training today with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies. On Wednesday they will take part in Los Angeles Police Department riding and firearms training in Granada Hills, followed by transit security training Thursday by sheriff's officials along the Red Line subway and riot control training Friday by the Highway Patrol at the Irwindale Speedway.
The French might not roll to any high-speed chase or SigAlerts, but their big night will come Monday in a very Hollywood way: The officers will be teamed up with Beverly Hills police officers assigned to the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton.
Nicolas de Leffe, police attache with the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., said the French officers — who will be unarmed during their visit — will "ride side-by-side" with Beverly Hills officers on duty for the Golden Globes.
French Officer Christophe Lonchamp hopes to see more than just stars: "We want to see how California police work. Here, there are many more people. There are gangs here. The work is very difficult, I think."
In Agoura Hills, motorcycle officers from the Sheriff's Department, the Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments mingled with their French colleagues, comparing notes about equipment before forming the motorcade to Malibu.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-french9jan09,0,4600198.story?coll=la-home-headlines
If anyone hears any Frenchies, please post! (I also heard they were doing riot training too...not sure with which agency)
Lights flashing and motors roaring, 15 Los Angeles-area motorcycle officers were escorting 32 French motorcycle cops to lunch
The French officers are in the area for a 10-day training program with police, sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol that will include security work at next week's Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills.
They planned to begin that training today with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies. On Wednesday they will take part in Los Angeles Police Department riding and firearms training in Granada Hills, followed by transit security training Thursday by sheriff's officials along the Red Line subway and riot control training Friday by the Highway Patrol at the Irwindale Speedway.
The French might not roll to any high-speed chase or SigAlerts, but their big night will come Monday in a very Hollywood way: The officers will be teamed up with Beverly Hills police officers assigned to the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton.
Nicolas de Leffe, police attache with the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., said the French officers — who will be unarmed during their visit — will "ride side-by-side" with Beverly Hills officers on duty for the Golden Globes.
French Officer Christophe Lonchamp hopes to see more than just stars: "We want to see how California police work. Here, there are many more people. There are gangs here. The work is very difficult, I think."
In Agoura Hills, motorcycle officers from the Sheriff's Department, the Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments mingled with their French colleagues, comparing notes about equipment before forming the motorcade to Malibu.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-french9jan09,0,4600198.story?coll=la-home-headlines
If anyone hears any Frenchies, please post! (I also heard they were doing riot training too...not sure with which agency)
Last edited:
