Kissimmee Mayor Olga Gonzalez joins WKMG News 6’s Mark Lehman to discuss Operation Best Foot Forward
WKMG News 6's Mark Lehman Reports From Kissimmee joined by Kissimmee Mayor Olga Gonzalez. Law…
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 officers with Orlando, Apopka, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Casselberry and Oakland police departments to conduct a pre-back-to-school Operation Best Foot Forward on July 27 & 28.
“This was a HUGE operation spanning across the Central Florida region – receiving significant media and community attention and bringing awareness to pedestrian safety,” said Best Foot Forward program manager Kayla Mitchell.
In summary, this two-day high-visibility enforcement operation consisted of:
Most of the crosswalks selected for the July operation were in close proximity to schools where children cross for school. Examples of a few included in the back-to-school operations were:
Some of our elected officials and partners in the Best Foot Forward program were available to stop by, observe the operation and show their support of pedestrian safety and the program. Below are a few snapshots of these officials and a few words from Kissimmee City Commissioner Jim Fisher.
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