In addition to ticketing jaywalkers the LAPD in the past also ticketed people who blocked crosswalks or failed to stop for pedestrians. Indeed they used to run occasional sting operations where plainclothes cops would cross in a crosswalk so they could bust people who didn’t stop. Growing up this meant that stepping into the street would cause traffic to stop; before I moved away a few years ago things did seem to have worsened and cars would only probably stop for pedestrians.
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