Crossing Guards

The City of Palo Alto's Police Department provides adult crossing guards at key intersections throughout Palo Alto.  The placement of these crossing guards is determined by the number of children using the intersection and the location relative to the school commute corridor.

 

Key Information regarding the Adult Crossing Guards:

• Locations of Adult Crossing Guiards.
• Responsibilities of the guards are to provide a visible notification to vehicles that students are crossing at the intersection. They will walk into the intersection while the students are crossing and exit only when all the students have crossed. It is the students responsibility to listen to the crossing guard and only cross when they are told to. Guards are prohibited from enforcing any laws and will only request that instructions be followed. The placement of the guards at the approved locations has been after a lot of thought A lot of thought has gone into placing the guards where they can provide the best, safest service. If you have suggestions about how better to place them, please contact estions about how better to place them, please contact Sgt. Steve Herrera at the below e-mail address.
• To Report Absent Guards:  Call (650) 329-2413: PAPD non-emergency to dispatch an officer to cover an intersection.
• Crossing Guard Contact is Sgt. Steve Herrera. He can be reached at steve.herrera@cityofpaloalto.org. Please email him with any concerns, questions or compliments you have regarding the crossing guards. Remember, if a guard does not show for crossing duty, please call the non-emergency number above right away to report the absence so that an officer can be dispatched to the intersection.