New Smyrna Beach Police Department - 720 Crime and Safety updates — Nextdoor (2024)

28 May · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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Edited 27 May 22 · Posted May 27, 2022 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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**UPDATE 1 (5:00 PM) - Westbound SR 44 traffic is back open. Eastbound traffic remains blocked/detoured at Glencoe Rd. Estimated to remain blocked for 2 hours.

SR 44 east and west bound traffic is being detoured between Colony Park Rd. and Glencoe Rd. due to a serious motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles. Please avoid this area and obey all traffic signs, police officer directions and detours.

Edited 24 May 22 · Posted May 24, 2022 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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A low-speed vehicle (LSV) is a vehicle with a top speed greater than 20 MPH, but not greater than 25 MPH. LSVs must be registered, titled, and insured with personal injury protection (PIP) and property damage liability (PDL) insurance. Any person operating an LSV must have a valid driver’s license. LSVs may only be operated on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 MPH or less. LSVs must be equipped with headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, parking brakes, rearview mirrors, windshields, seat belts, and vehicle identification numbers.

*There are no streets in New Smyrna Beach that are designated for "golf carts"*

*See picture below of where you can operate a LSV on the North Causeway*

19 May 22 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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Operation of bicycles or other similar devices on streets and sidewalks. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person riding a bicycle, tricycle or unicycle otherwise operate such vehicle or device upon the public sidewalks within a business district or shopping center of this city. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from walking a bicycle or operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk in such areas, or the operation of bicycles upon designated bike routes of this city.

Bicycle riders should follow the same laws as vehicles on the road, stopping at all stop signs, stopping for pedestrians and stopping at traffic lights.

A bicycle rider or passenger who is under 16 years of age must wear a bicycle helmet that is properly fitted and is fastened securely upon the passenger’s head by a strap and that meets the federal safety standard for bicycle helmets.

Every bicycle in use between sunset and sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and a lamp and reflector on the rear each exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 600 feet to the rear. A bicycle or its rider may be equipped with lights or reflectors in addition to those required by this section.

19 May 22 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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A 60-day curfew for unaccompanied youth under the age of 18 is now in effect east of Riverside Drive and for groups of 30 or more elsewhere within city limits from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday, Saturday, and legal holidays.

Penalties include a written warning for the first violation and $50 to $100 fine or community service applied at the hourly minimum wage rate for each subsequent violation.

City commissioners enacted the measure as part of emergency ordinance approved during a special meeting convened Wednesday, March 16 to address public safety concerns related to recent large, disruptive spring break gatherings along Flagler Avenue and other beachside areas.

Exceptions apply to youth who are accompanied by a parent, guardian, or verified supervising adult; married; homeless; traveling with parental consent, while engaged in lawful employment, or to exercise protected First Amendment rights; by exception during special events; responding to an emergency that requires the youth’s immediate attention; or on a swale or sidewalk abutting the place where the youth resides.

Would you like to know more? Watch video replay of the special meeting at https://bit.ly/3In4nOF, read the full text of the 9-page ordinance at https://bit.ly/3q8F2C8, and contact the City Clerk’s Office at clerk@cityofnsb.com or (386) 410-2630.

17 Mar 22 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in General

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**WARNING** The latest Juvenile/Spring Break prank involves children loading replica guns with "ORBEEZ" gel beads and then recording themselves firing the replica weapons at other persons. This prank is known as the "Orbeez Challenge" and has been reported occurring in other jurisdictions across the country.

Although an "Orbeez" gun is not considered a deadly weapon, but firing it at an individual is a CRIME and individuals can and will be held responsible. Parents, do not allow your children to participate in such activity.

If you see such activity going on anywhere in our city please report it to the NSBPD immediately.

15 Mar 22 · Subscribers of New Smyrna Beach Police Department in Safety

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