Pinellas Park police are conducting a "high-visibility" education and enforcement campaign aimed at violations that put pedestrians and bicylists at risk.
A Florida Department of Transportation grant of more than $62,000 is funding extra enforcement. Major traffic corridors along Park Boulevard, 66th Street N, 49th Street N and U.S. 19 are being "saturated" with extra officers several times a week, the police department said.
"It is our goal to accomplish this through education and warnings, but officers will issue citations with civil fines when appropriate," said Sgt. Brian Unmisig, special operations supervisor. "One injury or death that is prevented makes our efforts meaningful."
Officers have been distributing education materials to violators for several weeks and will soon be transitioning to warnings and eventually citations, Unmisig said.