Newport Beach News Share this: NB Police Department along with Police Departments from other coastal cities underwent special training to address loud or modified vehicle exhausts and other illegal modifications to vehicles. In March, the Newport Beach Police Department announced their intention to conduct enforcement operations in Newport Beach through this summer, focusing on loud or modified vehicle exhaust and street racing due to its growing, negative impact on residents’ safety and quality of life. NBPD Traffic Commander, Lieutenant Damon Psaros commented that “in the past few months, the Newport Beach Police Department has conducted several successful operations within the city, but the problem neither begins nor ends at our city limits. Through a partnership with every other law enforcement agency along Coastal Orange County, as well as several neighboring law enforcement agencies with freeway and arterial access points to the coast, this enforcement operation has significantly expanded.”