LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County College District is doubling down on its efforts to handle site visitors, after college police issued virtually 4,900 citations final college yr, in keeping with data 8 Information Now obtained.
At a information convention on Monday marking the primary day of faculty, CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert reiterated the foundations of the highway at school zones and outlined her dedication to bettering security.
“We’re asking our community to rally around traffic. This morning, we had just over a hundred traffic stops and about 50 citations,” Ebert stated at Fertitta Center College. “Slow down, we have posted speed limits. Leave early so you and your children are not feeling rushed as you’re going through our school zones.”
Data obtained by 8 Information Now present that police issued 4,860 site visitors citations throughout the 2024-2025 college yr.
“I would love it if our school police were not issuing any citations. That would be nice. But it is incumbent upon those drivers to make sure that they are responsible behind the wheel,” Ebert stated.
A few of the colleges the place drivers obtained essentially the most site visitors citations had been situated close to main roadways. A listing of these colleges is supplied under.
Del Sol Academy of the Arts – 179
Eldorado Excessive College – 148
Weiner Elementary College 117
East Profession and Technical Academy 109
Canyon Springs Excessive College 100
Bonanza Excessive College – 99
Brinley Center College – 97
Northwest Profession and Technical Academy – 96
Richard H. Bryna Elementary College – 96
Silvestri Junior Excessive College – 87
Liberty Excessive College – 69
Fertitta Center College- 67
Lied Center College – 67
Feritta’s principal, Greg Siqueiros, attended Monday’s information convention and mentioned the steps his college is taking to enhance site visitors security.
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“We have added crossing guards to four different streets around our school, but additionally, we have administrators out there, and we also have campus security monitors outside,” Siqueiros stated.
Ebert additionally thanked town of Las Vegas for investing in crossing guards at center and excessive colleges.
On prime of the 4,860 site visitors citations, Clark County College District police additionally arrested 9 drivers throughout site visitors stops final educational yr.
