Pedestrian Safety Operation In Oregon City This Friday

OREGON CITY, OR — Oregon City police will conduct another Pedestrian Safety Operation this week to raise awareness and educate drivers on Oregon's pedestrian and right-of-way laws.

The Oregon City Police Department will setup officers and pedestrian decoys at the intersection of Linn Avenue and Williams Street, near the Marylhurst School and Early Childhood Center, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10.

Signs warning drivers of the safety operation will be posted near the operation area.

The operation itself is made possible with funding assistance from Oregon Impact, a nonprofit that "provides educational experiences to end impaired and distracted driving," according to OregonImpact.org. For its part, Oregon Impact has made available on its website a pedestrian safety fact sheet to help prime drivers for the upcoming operation.

Previous safety operations in the city have yielded varying results, but the trend appears to be a decline in the number of citations issued.

A safety operation in August 2017 reportedly saw 43 drivers stopped and 60 citations issued, while a more recent operation in early July only saw 36 drivers stopped and just 25 citations issued.

Officers conducting the safety operation are reportedly given leeway to issue citations or warnings to drivers who are stopped during the operation.

For more information on the efforts being made by Oregon Impact, visit OregonImpact.org.

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