RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Throughout October, the Reno Police Department Traffic Division issued 71 traffic citations and gave 13 warnings as part of its Pedestrian and School Zone Safety Operations.

Seven officers did enforcement operations in active school zones or areas of heavy pedestrian traffic.

“We focused our efforts on drivers and pedestrians that were violating those laws which enhance pedestrian safety,” according to a Reno Police Department news release. 

The law requires pedestrians to use sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian bridges and obey traffic signs and signals.

If there is no sidewalk, pedestrians must walk on the left side of the street, facing traffic, the news release said.

Drivers need to yield to pedestrians and avoid passing vehicles that are stopped for pedestria

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