Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Strategic Planning Bureau
-Grants Administration

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

What:
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has received a $21,840 contract from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for a High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project.

When:
The project will begin on Wednesday, March 07, 2018 and run through May 12, 2018.

Where: 
The High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) details will be held at seven different north and south Pinellas County locations identified as “hotspots” (see below).

Why/How:
Beginning on Wednesday, March 07, 2018 and through May 12, 2018, Pinellas County deputies will be conducting on-the-street high visibility education and enforcement details that will stress the importance of pedestrian and bicycle safety. The Florida Department of Transportation is funding the project.

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 operation will 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.

Assigned deputies will conduct high visibility patrol details at least three times a week, at 7 different pre-designated “hot spots”, over the three month period.

Deputies will also be handing out free bike lights to those bicyclists they come in contact with that need lights. 

The 7 different “hot spot” locations include:

Main Street / SR 580 (Belcher Road to Patricia Avenue)
Gulf Boulevard (75^th Avenue to 37^th Avenue)
49^th Street (Creekside Drive to 144^th Avenue North)
Gulf Boulevard (155^th Avenue to 129^th Avenue East)
Tampa Road (Curlew Road to Race Track Road)
Causeway Boulevard / Curlew Road (Paula Drive South to Country Woods Lane)
Alternate U.S. Highway 19 North / Seminole Boulevard (54^th Avenue North to 86^th Avenue North)