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Comments By John Chamorro and Detective R. J. Breuss
Regarding Amgen Bike Race

I received this from Detective Breuss with the Santa Clara Sheriff's Dept.  He is the one we can all thank for the cooperation we got from the Dept.  Had he not been assigned to be on duty up here during the race, things could and would have been much worse. It's really unfortunate that we can't get this kind of input and cooperation from other Law Enforcement agencies and the City of San Jose.

John

> John,
>
> Given that I have no doubt that the race will go on... Do you think having
> a porta potty every ten miles or so would help?  I'm also thinking that
> some of the local bike clubs could help out since they really have the most
> to lose.  If I'm involved next year, I plan on establishing a check point
> at or near where I was when we met. The plan will be to contact each rider
> and make them aware of the "0" tolerance policy for trespassing etc, porta
> potty use etc.  In other words fair warning.  I'm also plan on giving some
> thought to the idea of controlled or registered access to individual
> riders.  Thought being that the road is closed why can anyone just ride up?
> Thinking that they should have to on-line register after agreeing to access
> or use conditions, tends to keep the riffraff out.
>
> I also want to explore the possibility of permanent trash cans in the more
> prominent county owned turnouts.
>
> All of the above coupled with some sort of prevent awareness program that
> informs bikers and bike clubs of your concerns.
>
> Something that needs to be done for sure, if it isn't already, is that each
> property has to be posted (3 per mile) and the individual owners are
> willing to prosecute.  This allows our crew to cite and or arrest anyone
> who violates the posting.
>
> Despite all this we'll still have some (people) come along and mess it up.
>
> What I experienced at the race suggests to me that we can make it work for
> both sides. Until that road is made private anyone who wants to drive or
> ride it can and will.
>
> I look forward to your thoughts.
>
>
> Detective R. J. Breuss #1404
> Homicide-Cold Case Unit
> Santa Clara Co. Sheriff
> 55 W. Younger St.
> San Jose, CA 95110