Deputy Dresses As Elf To Catch Speeders
150 Drivers Ticketed In About 2 Hours
POSTED: Thursday, December 7, 2006
UPDATED: 11:12 am EST December 11, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla. -- In Orange County, the problem isn't dashing through the snow. It's cars darting down the street at high speeds.
PHOTOS: Images Of ELF operation
So the Orange County Sheriff's Office is doing something about it, launching Operation ELF: Enforcing Limits and Fining speeders. Here's how it works: a sheriff's deputy dressed as an elf clocks cars using a radar gun then dispatches a motorcycle deputy to pull them over and issue the driver a ticket. More than 150 tickets were written in just over two hours Thursday. Some people said using a holiday icon to enforce the law didn't seem right. "That's specifically why we didn't use Santa Claus," Ken Wyne of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. "We didn't choose a nativity scene. We chose an elf. An elf is known for their impish behavior. If you're going to speed in Orange County, you never know who's going to be on the street corner." The Orange County Sheriff's Office said they will continue to use similar decoys throughout the holiday season. Watch Local 6 News for more information on this story.
PHOTOS: Images Of ELF operation So the Orange County Sheriff's Office is doing something about it, launching Operation ELF: Enforcing Limits and Fining speeders. Here's how it works: a sheriff's deputy dressed as an elf clocks cars using a radar gun then dispatches a motorcycle deputy to pull them over and issue the driver a ticket. More than 150 tickets were written in just over two hours Thursday. Some people said using a holiday icon to enforce the law didn't seem right. "That's specifically why we didn't use Santa Claus," Ken Wyne of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. "We didn't choose a nativity scene. We chose an elf. An elf is known for their impish behavior. If you're going to speed in Orange County, you never know who's going to be on the street corner." The Orange County Sheriff's Office said they will continue to use similar decoys throughout the holiday season. Watch Local 6 News for more information on this story.
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