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Sunday, November 17, 2024
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UPD gives 127 crosswalk violation warnings, citations

The University Police Department handed out 127 written warnings and citations Wednesday for crosswalk violations.

The crackdown was a result of a saturation detail, a strategy in which police assign many officers to focus on a particular type of offense.

The crackdown's purpose is to focus on "the education and enforcement of crosswalk violations," according to a press release.

Thirty-seven of the citations were crosswalk related issues, such as failing to yield to pedestrians, blocking crosswalks and hindering traffic.

Additionally, 22 vehicle warnings were given to drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians, blocked crosswalks, ran stop signs and red lights, sped or drove in the wrong direction on a one way street.

Sixty-one bicyclists were stopped for failing to yield to pedestrians, wearing headsets, riding the wrong way on a one-way street, riding without hands or having improper bike lights.

Saturation details will continue during the semester, according to the release. The next detail is scheduled for Feb. 25 and will target lane change and passing violations.

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