Red Light Case Study

THE MOST ACCEPTABLE AREA OF PERFORMANCE TODAY WAS RATING CATEGORY NUMBER:7
A SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH DEMONSTRATES TODAY’S PERFOMARNCE IN THIS AREA IS:

Cat#7. Officer Safety General. While searching two suspects from case#17008302 and case# 17008308, Officer Lajoie conducted safe and thorough search of both suspects. He maintained controlled of the suspects at all times and searched them systematically by quadrants.

THE LEAST ACCEPTABLE AREA OF PERFORMANCE TODAY WAS RATING CATEGORY NUMBER:4
A SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH DEMONSTRATES TODAY’S PERFOMARNCE IN THIS AREA IS:

Cat# 4. Driving: Normal conditions. Officer Lajoie was waiting for the red light to change at the intersection of John Daly Boulevard and Mission Street. He was in a left turn lane which was displaying a red left arrow. The signal for the traffic proceeding straight turned green and Officer Lajoie began to drive into the intersection. I told him it was a red light and he stopped approximately one and a half car lengths over the limit line. There was not oncoming traffic affected by mistake. I directed Officer Lajoie to put on his emergency lighting equipment and filter into the traffic proceeding straight once it was safe. Officer Lajoie stated he was focused a vehicle parked across the street and though the signal was green. …show more content…
At the inter section of South Gate Avenue and Palomar Drive, Officer Lajoie drove through the intersection without stopping, at approximately 20 miles per hours. There were other vehicles passing parallel to our vehicle but they were not affected by Officer Lajoie’s maneuver. Again, Officer Lajoie told me he was focused on something in the distance and did not see the stop