Traffic cops in Guadalajara are getting tough on inconsiderate motorists who park their vehicles in bays reserved exclusively for disabled people.

The fiercely territorial nature of policing in the metropolitan area thawed a little this week with the start of joint patrols by Guadalajara and Zapopan municipal cops.

Alerted by neighbors, social workers turned up at a house in a rundown city neighborhood this week to find two children, aged two and four, chained up by their absent mother.

Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta presided at a brief ceremony Wednesday, June 25 to distribute new uniforms to all 107 men and women who serve on the local police force.

Lakeside’s expatriate community is definitely reaping benefits from the outreach program implemented three months ago by the Chapala’s office of the Ministerio Público (MP or District Attorney), according to the agency’s regional supervisor Rogelio Reyes.

Chapala area traffic police are keeping a close watch over the busy shopping district in San Antonio Tlayacapan where errant motorists are frequently spotted driving in the wrong direction.