IGNORING WALKERS COSTLY; PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS ON FOOT SEE IF DRIVERS YIELD.Byline: Lee Condon Condon is a surname that originated in Ireland. The name is derived from a French surname de Caunteton, which came to Ireland with Norman settlers in the 12th century AD. In Irish the surname is Condún. Daily News Staff Writer Glendale Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. police issued 60 tickets Thursday to motorists who officers said failed to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks at two intersections where fatal accidents occurred recently. The pedestrians were plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. police officers, who walked across the marked crosswalks to see if motorists would yield the right of way. If they didn't, motorcycle motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The motorcycle did not become dependable and popular, however, until after 1900. officers stopped the drivers and gave them tickets. The special enforcement action came at Brand Boulevard-Garfield Avenue and Glendale Avenue-Garfield intersections, both recent sites of fatalities involving pedestrians, said Chahe Keuroghlian, a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department. The department periodically conducts such operations and did so again ``obviously in response to the deaths that have happened,'' Keuroghlian said. ``The purpose is to make drivers more cautious and alert to pedestrians crossing intersections, regardless of whether they are at a stoplight,'' Keuroghlian said. The department has also been targeting pedestrians who flaunt flaunt v. flaunt·ed, flaunt·ing, flaunts v.tr. 1. To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his knowledge. See Synonyms at show. 2. the law, issuing tickets for jaywalking jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. and handing out fliers cautioning people not to cross against ``Don't Walk'' signs, he said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1) A Glendale motorcycle officer watches a minivan driver fail to yield the right of way to a plainclothes sergeant on foot in a crosswalk. (2) Police Sgt. Jim Lowrey, walking in plain clothes, must stop for an encroaching minivan. David Sprague/Daily News |
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