Results of Aggressive Driving Enforcement, Operation Safe Driving, Save Lives

(January 16, 2024)- The Cape Coral Police Department conducted a traffic saturation (Operation Safe Driving, Save Lives) on January 29, 2024 specifically targeting speed and aggressive driving. This operation was conducted citywide and resulted in eighty-two citations. 

OPERATION TIME: 08:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
TOTAL TRAFFIC STOPS: 79
WARNINGS: 04
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING: 00
SPEED CITATIONS: 51
SEATBELT CITATION: 00
MOVING CITATIONS: 74
NON-MOVING CITATIONS: 07
OPEN CONTAINER (DRIVER): 00
OPEN CONTAINER (PASSENGER): 00
.02 VIOLATION: 00
CRIMINAL CITATIONS: 02
CITATIONS (TOTAL): 82
DUI ARRESTS: 00
ARRESTS (OTHER): 02

Arrests: 

Isaac Balkcom (B/M 11/25/1979)
1949 Colonial Blvd. Fort Myers, FL
DWLS W/Knowledge / 24-002287
Motor Officer R. Miller / 1800 Veterans Memorial Pkwy E
--A traffic stop was conducted for a speed violation. Contact was made with the driver who spontaneously uttered that his Driver’s License was suspended. An FCIC/NCIC check confirmed his utterance.

Jose Luis Graciani (H/M 07/01/1961)
1420 SE 14^th Ln. Cape Coral, Fl
DWLS W/Knowledge / 24-002307
Motor Officer J. Aviles / 2100 Veterans Memorial Pkwy E
--A traffic stop was conducted for a speed violation. Contact was made with the driver who spontaneously uttered that his Driver’s License was suspended. An FCIC/NCIC check confirmed his utterance.

*****The operation was paid for with FDOT sub-grant funding. Cape Coral currently ranks 11^th out of 37 agencies in Speeding or Aggressive Driving for traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the Highway Safety Matrix – Ranking of Florida. To improve traffic safety in the city, the Department has partnered with FDOT’s Traffic Safety Office to bring additional enforcement and education through the implementation of saturation patrols.

###