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Operation Best Foot Forward made headlines in August with over $100,000 in earned media value from local news coverage. Media outlets who reported on the Aug. 26 crosswalk enforcement include WESH, WKMG, WFTV, Fox 35, News 13, Orlando Sentinel, HobNob Orlando, Magic 1077 and Mayor Dyer’s blog. Media coverage totaled an estimated […]
Local law enforcement conducted another crosswalk crackdown on Aug. 26 as students across Orange County returned to school from summer break. Dubbed Operation Best Foot Forward, the Orlando Police Department (OPD) and the Orange County Sherriff’s Office (OCSO) issued tickets and verbal warnings to over 200 drivers. Motorists were pulled over if they failed to […]
Having lived in Orlando for close to three years, I’ve learned that defensive driving is the rule of the road. After witnessing Operation Best Foot Forward, a day where undercover police cross the street to enforce drivers to yield, I have a whole new perspective. My new perspective is […]
The opening of schools on Monday, Aug. 24 meant a lot more students walking to their school, noted Amanda Day, and it also means more parents driving their kids to school and school buses delivering them. “If you think about it, we have 190,000 kids and students going to […]
Children are the least predictable pedestrian and the most difficult to see. Last year in Orange County, 74 children under the age of 14 collided with a car. Motorists failing to yield are sometimes to blame. That’s why the Orlando Police Department (OPD) and Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) will be conducting crosswalk enforcement details at targeted locations Wednesday, Aug. 26.