The Department of Public Safety is looking out for pedestrians, officials said. Director of Public Safety Loras Jaeger said DPS is increasing its number of patrols on campus in an effort to control the number of pedestrians who are hit by cars. “Our experience has been when you increase enforcement activity, and we do that with on-duty officers and overtime, it does help in reducing the number of accidents,” Jaeger said. “We put a lot of emphasis on people being as safe as they can be.” Chuck Cychosz, manager of crime prevention, research and training at DPS, said the department has focused its efforts on controlling speeding motorists. They are also looking for stop light, stop sign and seat belt violators. “During the first month of school, we try to slow traffic down on campus and remind people of the speed limit,” Cychosz said. Jaeger said bicycles are legally and illegally sharing the road and sidewalks with cars and pedestrians. Many of the cars fail to yield to the pedestrians and vice versa, he said. Cychosz added that cars on campus speed through yellow and red lights, which causes problems for pedestrians and bicycles. He said cars running lights has especially become a problem at Hawthorn Court. Drivers coming to campus from the north on Stange Road are speeding and not being cautious of pedestrians, Cychosz said. “It’s a broad stretch of road that is downhill, so people tend to pick up speed,” he said. He added that the intersection at 13th Street and Stange Road is also “a hot spot” for speeders and violators. DPS had 30 reports of pedestrian injuries between October 1997 and October 1998, Cychosz said. There was an eight-person decrease the following year because of added law enforcement, he said. So far this year there have been 16 reports, and DPS officials said they hope that by Oct. 1 the number will stay the same or be lower than last year’s total. “With the increase in traffic and holding our own, we feel like we are making progress,” Cychosz said.