{"id":553887,"date":"2026-03-22T20:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553887\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:19:11","slug":"toronto-police-doing-post-march-break-parking-enforcement-blitz-near-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553887\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police doing post-March Break parking enforcement blitz near schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto police want to ensure the roads are safe and clear near schools zones for both children and pedestrians following the March Break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Starting on Monday, parking enforcement Unit will be launching a one-week school safety campaign, which will see its officers monitoring for illegal parking near schools and strictly enforcing parking violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSpecial attention will be given to no stopping and no parking zones, crosswalks, and school bus loading areas to help create a safer environment for students,\u201d Toronto Police Service said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The campaign will run until March 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt is paramount that drivers prioritize the safety of our most vulnerable road users&#8211;schoolchildren and pedestrians,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They are urging drivers to plan ahead, allow extra time for drop-offs and pick-ups, and always choose safety over convenience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Toronto police kick off traffic enforcement campaign in the downtown core\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GLIZCDZ3BRBVDL5R3NLI4DFJYY.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Toronto police kick off traffic enforcement campaign in the downtown core A parking enforcement officer writes a ticket for a car as it gets towed in Toronto, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police want to ensure the roads are safe and clear near schools zones for both children and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[712,49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-553887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}