Beaverton Police Focus On Safety With Pedestrian Detail, Child Safety Seat Clinic

Beaverton Police have two events planned over the next three days focused on safety - a pedestrian safety detail on Thursday and a child safety clinic on Saturday morning.

The pedestrian safety details is Thursday morning between 11:30 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. It will be done at Southwest Broadway Street and Southwest Hall Boulevard.

Police say that the detail will focus on vehicles that fail to stop or remain stopped for pedestrians in a crosswalk.

"The primary focus of this detail is to raise pedestrian safety awareness," said a spokesman for the department.

"Through the use of a decoy pedestrian, the Beaverton Police Department hopes to raise the awareness of drivers and pedestrians through education and enforcement of pedestrian right of way laws."

The department also says that pedestrians need to remember to wear bright colors and pay attention to the traffic flow when preparing to cross the road. Pedestrians are also required to obey any traffic control device that directs the pedestrian's movement.

Beaverton Police have made a video to remind people about crosswalk safety.

The department continues their efforts on Saturday when they host a child safety clinic at Kuni Auto Center located at 3275 SW Cedar Hills Boulevard. The clinic will last from 9 a.m. through noon with the plan to accept the last car at 11:30 a.m. unless demand necessitates an earlier cut off time.

The department is working with Safe Kids Coalition-Washington County to put on the clinic.

Photo Colin Miner