Operation BFF and other enforcement activities
This fall, the Best Foot Forward Coalition, comprised of more than 35 partners, held several workshops throughout the Central Florida region to identify the crosswalks of focus for the 2022 fiscal year, spanning October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.…
Best Foot Forward staff and steering committee members express their “thanks” and recognize Osceola County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Spears as he retires this month. In addition to his many other duties, Spears served as the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office liaison…
As the daylight hours grew shorter, law enforcement agencies across Central Florida took the opportunity to remind drivers of their responsibility to be alert and always yield or stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalks. Deputies from Orange, Osceola, and Seminole…
Seven local law enforcement agencies to conduct a three-day crosswalk enforcement operation in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties
As students across the region prepared to go back to school, eight law enforcement agencies in Osceola, Orange and Seminole counties educated drivers who failed to yield about Florida's driver yield laws. Deputies from Orange and Seminole sheriffs’ offices joined…
Eight agencies to enforce Florida’s driver yield laws in two-day Operation Best Foot Forward Before more than 340,000 students head back to school in Orange and Seminole counties, law enforcement agencies will remind drivers that they must stop for people…
As two major reports in March again named Central Florida the most dangerous region in the nation for pedestrians, Best Foot Forward coalition partners continued working hard to change that trend. Six law enforcement agencies across three counties took part…
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 19, 2021) Deputies with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office will join officers with the Orlando and Casselberry Police Departments on March 23 and 24 to conduct Operation Best Forward crosswalk enforcements. They are specifically stepping up enforcement…
The Metro Orlando-Sanford-Kissimmee region and the State of Florida again top the lists as most dangerous for people walking. Smart Growth America (SGA) released its biennial "Dangerous by Design" report of the deadliest metro areas and states for pedestrians. According…