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Cranston-Providence ATV Task Force – “none of us are safe until all of us are safe”
A Press Conference between Providence and Cranston Mayors and police chiefs was held on Tuesday to let the public know what had transpired from a joint meeting the night before about the ATV issues plaguing both cities. Mayor Hopkins of Cranston & Chief Winquist and Mayor Elorza and Chief Clements of Providence addressed a small gathering of media and interested community members, including the Bike Life Live Matter representative.
The city group agree on the formation of a joint ATV Task Force which will share resources, intelligence and personnel to make the two communities safe. The goal is to remove illegal vehicles and operators. Police will follow drivers until they can be safely stopped, unless there is an urgent safety situation.
Cranston will not crush vehicles but will be shipping them to the Dominican Republic for use by their local police department. The DR will pay for the shipping costs.
Both mayors invited other cities to join them in the enforcement measures for “none of us are safe unless all of us are safe”.
Jeremy from Bike Life Lives Matter challenged the mayors to find a place for riders to ride, legally, but the question came at the end of the conference, with no response from the city group.
Here is a video from NBC10, posted on Twitter:
Good move by Mayor Hopkins. That is called “reach-out”. Why destroy them when they can be put to good use and at no cost to the taxpayers? The Dominican Republic will have the transportation they need.
So is Elorza going along with Hopkins’s plan and shipping them out or is he still crushing them? Once again, he evades the answer.
Excellent!! WOW public officials really looking out for the public. And not some social justice bull! Almost feels normal again-For one day anyway.