Show j S. S L. L POLICE DENY FAVORITES ESCAPE TRAFFIC TICKETS I Do Salt Lake City policemen have favorites to o whom they do not Isue traffic tickets for observed violations Absolutely not notI said Chief of Police L L. C. C Crowther Certainly not said Officer R R. R C. C Bendixen Maybe said who observed the flit following incident inci inci- dent on Main between let 1st and 2nd South Bis sus Monday at 9 40 am a.m. A woman driver driving north on Main suddenly y spied an o open parking space apace on the west Vest side of the Without Without With With- out hesitating she spun her car in a neat U turn and zipped into the space Mr Bendixen watching the incident from his own car approached the driver spoke driver spoke to her briefly and then went on his way without a ticket Chief Chic Crowther who investigated the incident after it wa waa called to his attention said the officer was not playing favorites Certainly there is ino no 0 favoritism Mr Bendixen said I didn't even know the driver I cautioned her about her mistake and Im I'm sure she he wont won't do the same thing again After all suing a S ticket isn't the anly andy wa way y of enforcing the la law w. w 1 was convinced this woman was in acting an emer emer- gency She told me she he had to attend a radio radial broadcast and realized she had done wrong in making the turn Butas But as for playing favorites absolutely not City ordinances provide that U turns may not be made In the district except where buttons or markers so Indica indicate te Unfortunately Chief Crowther said Monday all our traffic buttons were torn tom out during the recent snow removal operations and haven't been installed again |