As part of its on going efforts to increase traffic safety, officers from the South San Francisco Police Department flooded the streets on Friday and Saturday July18th and 19th looking for speeders.
Specially-trained officers conducted enforcement on Sister Cities Boulevard, Hillside Boulevard, El Camino Real, Westborough Boulevard, and Oyster Point Boulevard. These locations have experienced significant collision rates with major injuries and or fatalities. Officers were equipped with high-tech Lidar devices that use an infrared laser to accurately measure a vehicle’s speed and distance. Officers issued a total of 141 citations over the two-day crack down. Several unlicensed drivers were also removed from behind the wheel. This operation was just one of many on going traffic safety operations scheduled to be conducted throughout the rest of this year and next year. The goal of the operations is to get drivers to slow down, be aware, and be safe. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.