Henderson and Clark County School District constabulary are urging parents and students to workout caution erstwhile riding e-bikes and different electrical mobility devices arsenic the caller schoolhouse twelvemonth begins.
Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero announced Monday that Henderson and schoolhouse territory constabulary officers were teaming up for a targeted enforcement run extracurricular Del Webb Middle School, located connected Reunion Drive adjacent Anthem Parkway. The run aims to amended parents and young riders astir harmless e-bike cognition and enforce laws governing akin devices that are banned from nationalist roadways.
Figures from Monday’s enforcement run were not instantly available.
The targeted enforcement came arsenic the schoolhouse territory began its 2026-27 world year. The schoolhouse is adjacent Anthem Hills Park, which constabulary person antecedently noted is a fashionable spot for riding amerciable e-dirt bikes.
“Today’s inaugural is astir raising awareness, encouraging liable riding and holding riders and parents accountable erstwhile necessary,” Romero told reporters during a property league astatine a constabulary substation adjacent the intersection of Via Inspirada and Via Nobila.
In March, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting e-motorcycles from nationalist roadways, sidewalks and trails. Unlike lower-powered e-bikes oregon e-scooters, e-motorcycles oregon ungraded bikes are defined arsenic devices that person a throttle, nary pedals and tin question successful excess of 28 mph.
The ordinance besides prohibits e-bikes and e-scooters from operating astatine speeds faster than 15 mph unless different posted and requires minors to deterioration helmets portion riding bicycles, e-bikes oregon e-scooters successful posted areas. It allows constabulary to impound illegally operated e-motorcycles and to mention conveyance owners oregon their parents, if they are nether 18.
The ordinance was passed days aft 3 juveniles were accused of riding their e-dirt bikes onto a section play course and damaging respective grassy areas, resulting successful thousands of dollars successful damages, according to a people official.
“If you’re letting your kid permission your location with 1 of those amerciable devices, you are conscionable arsenic responsible,” Henderson Police Chief Reggie Rader said Monday.
Rader added determination are plentifulness of ineligible ungraded motorcycle parks successful the surrounding areas to thrust safely, “but traveling down Green Valley Parkway, St. Rose Parkway, that is not an avenue for you to beryllium utilizing those vehicles.”
Before Monday’s operation, Henderson constabulary had conducted 3 different enforcement operations targeting unsafe and amerciable e-device usage, Rader said. Those operations resulted successful 221 stops 122 full citations, 52 e-motorcycles being towed and 25 citations issued to parents.
Rader said the extremity with the campaigns are to promote harmless riding and region unsafe vehicles from the streets.
“We privation to punctual students and parents that information starts with making liable choices earlier kids adjacent permission the home,” Rader said.
CCSD Police Chief Jeff Clark said his section is supporting enforcement efforts successful Henderson. He urged parents and pupil riders to ever beryllium alert of their surroundings and offered different information tips.
“I request you to get your caput retired of your phones, to wage attention, to dilatory down successful these schoolhouse zones due to the fact that these young kids that are connected these e-bikes, they’re not experienced riders,” Clark said. “While they shouldn’t beryllium doing it to statesman with, if they are retired there, it is our work to guarantee that we get them to and from schoolhouse safely.”
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