Police briefs

A Huntington Beach man is dead and a Huntington Beach woman is in

critical condition at UCI Medical Center after a motorcycle the two were

riding on collided with a pickup truck in Huntington Beach on Thursday

night.

David Allen, 30, was pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center at 5:15

p.m. Friday after he suffered massive chest and abdominal injuries.

Kristin Stark, 28, is in critical condition with head trauma, leg

fractures and upper torso injuries.

The collision occurred just before 8 p.m. Thursday when the motorcycle

Allen was driving south on 15th Street broadsided a 1999 Chevrolet pickup

truck traveling west on Orange Avenue.

“The investigation is continuing but it appears the motorcycle may

have run a stop sign,” said Huntington Beach Police officer Robert Barr.

Orange Avenue runs east/west with no traffic controls at 15th Street.

Fifteenth Street runs north/south with stop signs at Orange Avenue.

Allen and Stark were not wearing helmets when officials arrived at the

scene, but further investigation determined that the helmets found at the

scene belonged to them, said Barr.

The driver of the pickup truck and his passenger were not injured and

no pedestrians were involved.

Huntington earns community policing award

The work of more than 100 ethnically-diverse and formerly battered

women and the Huntington Beach Police Department that provides support

for victims of domestic violence were recognized at an awards banquet

Oct. 17 at the Disneyland Hotel.

The Orange County Human Relations Commission’s Community Oriented

Policing Awards were given to law enforcement personnel and residents in

13 Orange County cities that are committed to providing community

policing in their cities.

Huntington’s police department received the award for the work done by

the Domestic Violence Formerly Battered Women’s Volunteer Emergency

Police Response Team, established in 1996 by members of the Interval

House Crisis Shelters for Battered Women and Children.

The response team uses women volunteers that have experienced domestic

violence in the past to answer emergency calls 24 hours a day from women

referred to the house by the police department and other county

departments.

The response team also provides training to law enforcement on

domestic violence issues.