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School is Back in Session
By Ventura County Sheriff Department — Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
 Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Camarillo Police Department’s Traffic Bureau would like to remind all drivers that school will be back in session starting tomorrow and that drivers need to slow down and drive carefully. The Pleasant Valley School District and the Oxnard Union High School District, which includes Adolfo Camarillo High School, will begin Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Due to this busy time of year and students traveling to and from school, drivers are urged to slow down and watch for school children. The Camarillo Police Department’s Traffic Unit, Patrol Officers, and Community Resource Officers, including School Resource Officers (S.R.O.), will be conducting extra patrols at all schools in the city. Police officers enforce traffic violations in the interest of public safety. Officers will be watching for speeders, drivers on cell phones, seatbelts, as well as all other violations. It is a critical safety issue that vehicles do not park in designated no parking areas, especially in and around a school. Additionally, parents are advised not to block city streets waiting to get into school parking lots. This is a violation of law and can be a traffic hazard for school children, as well as blocking or slowing emergency vehicles trying to get to the school or through the area. Historically and quite unfortunately, police officers have observed many of the violators around the schools tend to be the parents of the school children. A common causative factor for an unsafe traffic maneuver or illegal parking situation is often attributed to the parent “running late.” We strongly recommend that parents give themselves plenty of time when leaving their house to safely drop off or pick up their child. The extra enforcement will continue for several weeks into the new school year. Please slow-down and drive carefully! Location: City of Camarillo |
