Dudley also announces BP will create a stronger safety division.

In retaliation, Miller took away Trbovich's supervision of the union's safety division.

A spokesman for the Fire Department, David Billig, said the department's safety division would investigate the crash.

The Police Department's safety division will become a separate unit like the transit and housing divisions, officials said.

"I thought the safety division was a joke," Mr. Von Essen said.

The safety division was formed in 1969, and back then it had only about 200 seasonal employees, who were derisively called the "F Troop."

The recommendation that the safety division remain under the board's authority surprised no one; nor did the Mayor's reaction to the report.

This year, there have been no such fatal accidents, said Charles Colletin, supervisor of highway safety programs in the safety division.

In October 1987, after a short period working with a study group on lunar exploration, he was appointed head of NASA's safety division.

With each setup of the rides comes an inspection by the safety division of the State Labor Department.