LANCASTER \u2013 A traffic enforcement operation targeting jaywalkers in Lancaster netted dozens of citations and two arrests, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The Pedestrian Crossing Operation was conducted between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday by deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n
It was conducted to address the on-going problem of pedestrians walking in the roadway or crossing the street outside of a crosswalk, according to Deputy Jon White of the Lancaster Station Traffic Unit.<\/p>\n
Over the past 12 months, there have been 61 vehicle vs. pedestrian collisions in Lancaster. Fifty-one of those collisions resulted in injuries to a pedestrian, and three of the collisions resulted in a pedestrian\u2019s death. In each fatal collision, the pedestrian was in the roadway unlawfully and was the cause of the collision, White stated.<\/p>\n
During Wednesday\u2019s traffic enforcement operation, deputies were looking for pedestrians who were crossing the street outside of a crosswalk and creating hazards in the roadway. They were also looking for drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians in marked and unmarked crosswalks.<\/p>\n
During the eight-hour operation, 78 pedestrians were cited for jaywalking and four drivers were cited for various vehicle code violations.<\/strong><\/p>\n Additionally, one person was cited for drinking in public, one person was cited for loitering and one person was cited for possession of marijuana.<\/p>\n Deputies also made one arrest for a felony warrant and one arrest for possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station will be conducting several more jaywalking enforcement operations in the future.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LANCASTER \u2013 A traffic enforcement operation targeting jaywalkers in Lancaster netted dozens of citations and two arrests, authorities said. The Pedestrian Crossing Operation was conducted between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday by deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station. It was conducted to address the on-going problem of pedestrians walking in the roadway or crossing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}