(COLORADO) — With students returning to schools nationwide the past few weeks, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) partnered with four districts for a school bus and school zone education and enforcement operation. Between Aug. 18 and Aug. 22, troopers made visible patrols and targeted enforcement around school buses and zones in Douglas, Jefferson, Mesa, and Chaffee Counties.
A major thing troopers looked for during this partnership was the newly revised law SB 25-1230, which requires drivers now to stop for school buses’ flashing red lights and stop arms even when separated by painted medians or turn lanes. The only barriers that excuse drivers from stopping are physical or raised barriers between them and a school bus…