Operation BFF and other enforcement activities
By Kellie Woods, BWCF/BFF intern Having lived in Orlando for close to three years now, I have always just assumed that defensive driving was the rule of the road. Now, after witnessing Operation Best Foot Forward with Best Foot Forward,…
Best Foot Forward is making impressions – one person at a time on its social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter. BFF earned 208,626 impressions – the number of people on social media who viewed August's Operation Best Foot Forward coverage.…
The media was out in full force for Operation Best Foot Forward on Aug. 26 with Back to School safety tips (check out WESH’s segment), and coverage from TV stations and print/digital media, WESH, WKMG, WFTV, Fox35, News13, Orlando Sentinel,…
Operation Best Foot Forward was out in full force on Aug. 26 for the start of school – reminding drivers that as our youngest pedestrians were excitedly walking and biking to and from class, it is especially important to use…
Orlando Sentinel By Michael W. Freeman, College Park Forum Editor Aug. 31, 2015 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…
ORLANDO, Fla. – 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G0FbESxi-A ORLANDO, Fla. – 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.…
Speeding enforcement IS pedestrian safety enforcement. That idea was one of the many highlights from Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center’s Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation webinar on June 18. Orlando Police Department’s (OPD) own Sgt. Richard Ruth spoke as part of…
Operation Best Foot Forward is about changing behaviors of both drivers and walkers. Look no further than the story that ran on WKMG about Orlando Police Department (OPD) and Orange County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) June's "crosswalk crackdown." Here was a man…