School is back in full swing, and for deputies in Pima County, that means extra patrols in school zones — and a renewed focus on keeping kids safe.
At Legacy Traditional School in northwest Tucson, traffic is back — and so is the speeding. Within just 30 minutes of standing outside the school, deputies pull over at least ten drivers for violations in the school zone.
“The biggest violation is the school zone,” said Deputy Felix with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. “It is 15 miles an hour once you cross the threshold of the signs that are put up. A lot of people like to go 20–25—those are the common stops we made [Thursday] morning.”…