According to last week’s crime log, UPD reported 11 incidents of theft. But UPD has partnered up with MPD to focus on another type of crime – jaywalking.As cited in an email sent to all university students, the reason for this “pedestrian safety wave” is because of the “increase on the number of people jaywalking in various areas of campus and [the fact that] this type of behavior can be very dangerous.” The email goes on to give statistics on pedestrian fatalities although none specify whether or not those killed were actually jaywalking.
There will be extra police presence on campus in an attempt to catch people who are crossing the street outside of a designated crosswalk. First-time violators are likely to only receive a warning, but jaywalkers can also be fined. Jaywalking fines range between five and twenty dollars.
Student feedback to this new project has not been positive. Sophomore Nate Wolfson started a group on Facebook poking fun at the initiative called “Jaywalkers of GW.” The group currently has 303 members and states that “this is utterly ridiculous and will never stop us from doing what gets us across the street fastest.”
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