LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Since the CCSD school year started last month, 74 kids have been hit by cars going to or from school according to CCSDPD. That’s more than twice as many as this time last year and despite CCSDPD adding traffic enforcement officers. Now, CCSDPD is pushing to get dangerous drivers out of school zones including by towing their vehicles.
Tuesday, CCSDPD had help from other law enforcement agencies like Metro, LV City Marshals and NLVPD working school zones and made more than 200 stops and towing away the vehicles of four dangerous drivers.
“It is really up to the officer’s discretion, but we probably get about 15 to 20 cars towed per week,” explained Lt. Michael Campbell with CCSDPD’s Traffic Bureau. FOX5 watched on during the special school zone patrol Tuesday afternoon after school at Cimmaron High as school let out. A car with no license plate was stopped by CCSDPD, loaded on a tow truck and towed away.
“It seems like the cars that are driving the most reckless, the most dangerous, and those unsafe behaviors are the vehicles that are unregistered, that don’t have insurance, and they don’t have a license,” Lt. Campbell contended. Since the beginning of the school year last month, CCSDPD has posted on social media about some of the vehicles they’ve towed from school zones with a series of lighthearted posts.
“We try to do some quirky, funny posts to try to capture people’s attention,” Lt. Campbell explained. Their effort to get dangerous drivers off the road is a serious one.
“Kids are getting hit almost every day… That’s upsetting because I’m a father. My daughters go to school, to a CCSD school. My wife is a principal of a CCSD school. So, this district is our family. I mean, it means everything to all the officers because their kids go to these schools too,” Lt. Campbell asserted.
Officers says the violations in school zones are constant especially U-turns, (which are never allowed in school zones), and speeding.
“Sometimes people are doing up to 50 miles an hour through the 15 [mph zone]. There’re kids everywhere and that that would be considered reckless driving and that would be something that I would tow a vehicle for,” Lt. Campbell reported.
How does CCSDPD decide which school zones to patrol? They tell FOX5 it is determined by citizen complaints. They look at what is posted on social media and say that they work with the schools and the school officers. If you have traffic concerns at your child’s school, contact the school officer, the school or the district. CCSDPD says you can call their dispatch to report issues 24/7 or you can also email them. Complaints are forwarded directly to traffic officers. They can be reached at: [email protected] or 702-799-5411
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