{"id":108243748,"date":"2008-06-06T19:42:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T19:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=108243748"},"modified":"2008-06-06T19:42:28","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T19:42:28","slug":"crossing-guard-police-conduct-pedestrian-safety-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=108243748","title":{"rendered":"Crossing guard: Police conduct pedestrian safety sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Note: Rumor has it that Baltimore is doing similar stings.]<\/p>\n<p>Missoula police officers ramped up their enforcement of pedestrian safety laws from zero to zealous on Thursday during a 90-minute plainclothes sting operation on East Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>A fleet of four motorcycle officers idled nearby as bipedal officer Annie Nordby, in off-duty attire, crossed East Broadway and Adams Street &#8211; an intersection marked by a painted crosswalk but with no cautionary light.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, as motorists blew by Nordby, the motorcycle officers zipped into action, chasing after any disobedient drivers who failed to yield.<\/p>\n<p>When the pedestrian safety operation was over, police had issued 14 citations for failing to yield to pedestrians, which could cost drivers up to $100, depending on a Municipal Court judge&#8217;s decree. Police also gave six warnings and 14 additional citations for infractions such as no insurance or expired registration.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missoulian.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/06\/news\/top\/news01.txt\">https:\/\/www.missoulian.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/06\/news\/top\/news01.txt<\/a>oldId.200806061942281<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note: Rumor has it that Baltimore is doing similar stings.] Missoula police officers ramped up their enforcement of pedestrian safety laws from zero to zealous on Thursday during a 90-minute plainclothes sting operation on East Broadway. A fleet of four motorcycle officers idled nearby as bipedal officer Annie Nordby, in off-duty attire, crossed East Broadway &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=108243748\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crossing guard: Police conduct pedestrian safety sting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108243748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108243748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108243748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108243748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108243748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108243748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108243748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}