{"id":508728,"date":"2026-10-26T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508728\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:40:15","slug":"police-issue-78-citations-arrest-4-during-bike-and-pedestrian-safety-operation-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508728\/","title":{"rendered":"Police issue 78 citations, arrest 4 during bike and pedestrian safety operation in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Drivers and pedestrians across Fresno faced stepped-up enforcement during a bicycle and pedestrian safety operation that resulted in dozens of citations and some arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department issued 78 citations for a variety of violations made by drivers during the citywide operation on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the citations included violations such as failing to stop for a posted stop sign, unsafe speed, driving while holding and operating a cellphone, and failing to stop for a red light.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED]<a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/police-investigate-fatal-hit-and-run-after-man-found-dead-in-hanford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Family pleads for help finding driver in fatal hit-and-run in Hanford<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also arrested four drivers for driving under the influence, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police also cited 24 pedestrians and cyclists for various code violations.<\/p>\n<p>The enforcement operation ran from noon to 10 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Police said 93 drivers were contacted during the safety effort.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department will hold another bicycle and pedestrian safety operation in March.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Drivers and pedestrians across Fresno faced stepped-up enforcement during a bicycle and pedestrian safety&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-508728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}