Final Pedestrian Safety Operation Happening Monday In Oregon City

OREGON CITY, OR — The last pedestrian safety operation in Oregon City for 2018 will take place Monday along Washington Street, police officials announced Friday. The final four-hour operation is the last in a series of pedestrian safety stings that have seen numerous Oregon City drivers cited for various traffic violations.

Monday's operation will be held in front of the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center at 1726 Washington St. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. And just as before, officers will focus on raising pedestrian safety awareness and educating drivers on pedestrian laws in Oregon.

Other pedestrian safety operations this year have yielded varying results.

An operation at the intersection of Seventh and John Adams streets on July 6, the first pedestrian decoy operation funded by an Oregon Impact grant to be conducted in Oregon City this year, saw 36 drivers stopped over a four-hour period. Of those 36, 25 individuals received citations for various traffic violations.

The city's second operation on Aug. 10, at the intersection of Linn Avenue and Williams Street, saw 22 drivers stopped and 17 citations issued.

While officers are given discretion to issue warnings in lieu of citations, most citations seem to be for failing to stop or remained stopped for a pedestrian and driving while using a mobile communication device.

As with the previous operations, signs will be posted near the safety zone warning drivers they've entered the safety operation area.

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