The non-car chase
Friday, July 6th, 2007 by AaronI got a good reminder that everything is not always what it seems Friday afternoon.
I was preparing to take photos of the Tiny Tot Day Camp at Dana Park when a group of cars blew by traveling up Barstow Road. The sounds of sirens filled the air, and I turned around to see a line of about 10 CHP cars heading up the road.
My first thought was, “What did someone do to start a chase?” The teachers and staff at Tiny Tot asked me what was going on. I told them I would find out and grabbed my cell phone. I called crime reporter Aaron Aupperlee to see what was going on.
Aaron answered and laughed when I asked him about a chase involving CHP officers. It turns out that the cars were part of a farewell escort for longtime CHP officer Scott Goforth. Goforth retired Friday after 27 years in the CHP, 24 of them in the High Desert.
I wonder how many people were fooled by the appearance of a car chase.
— David Heldreth
CHP cars begin Scott Goforth’s farewell escort at the Barstow CHP station on East Mountain View Street.
