Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Support Services Bureau
-Grants Administration

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

What:
Pinellas deputies are set to implement phase two of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project.

The details which began with an education and warnings discretion, will now transition to citations discretion.

Results of Phase I are provided below.

When:
Phase II will begin on February 15, 2016.

Phase I began on October 29, 2015.

Where:
Details are being conducted at 18 locations across Pinellas County:
Belcher Road (SR 580 to Curlew Road)
Main Street/ SR 580 (Belcher Road to Patricia Avenue)
49^th Street (Creekside Drive to 144^th Avenue North)
Gulf Boulevard (150^th Avenue to 155^th Avenue)
US Highway 19 (Coral Landing Boulevard to Alderman Road)
Tampa Road (Lake St. George to East Lake Woodlands Parkway)
Gulf Boulevard (155^th Avenue to 173^rd Avenue)
Ulmerton Road (Belcher Road to 58^th Street North)
US Highway 19 (62^nd Avenue North to 44^th Avenue North) 
Alt US Highway 19 (Tampa Road to Maryland Avenue)
Alderman Road (Belcher Road to Cinnamon Hill Boulevard)
54^th Avenue (37^th Street North to Haines Road)
66^th Street North (46^th Avenue North to 62^nd Avenue North)
Seminole Boulevard (Walsingham Road to 94^th Avenue)
US Hwy 19 (SR 580 to Curlew Road)
Gulf Boulevard (75^th Avenue to 37^th Avenue)
Curlew Road (Belcher Road to Northridge Drive)
Gulf Boulevard (129^th Avenue West to 131^st Avenue West)

Why/How:
On February 15, 2016, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies will transition the focus of the FDOT High Visibility Enforcement Contract for bicycle and pedestrian safety from an education and warnings discretion, to a citations discretion.

The purpose of the project is to educate and enforce safe pedestrian, bicyclist and driver behavior in designated hot spot areas in an effort to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office received a $43,255 contract from FDOT to implement this project.

The details conducted at multiple locations across Pinellas County include the distribution of educational materials, as well as the issuance of warnings and/or citations to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists in accordance with Florida Statutes.

The results of Phase I are as follows:

Pedestrian Warnings   198
Pedestrian Citations    4
Motorist Warnings      120
Motorist Citations       5
Bicycle Warnings        88
Bicycle Citations         1

The final detail will be held on May 26, 2016.