hello i'm sergeant carmona with the mesa police traffic unit in the first five months of this year the city of mesa has seen a rise in pedestrian traffic fatalities the majority of these cases involve pedestrians who are either jaywalking or were in the roadway unlawfully on average in the u.s a pedestrian is hit and killed in a traffic collision every 88 minutes streets like these are dangerous for pedestrians and they need to pay attention the mesa police department wants you to stay alive if officers see you jaywalking or disobeying traffic laws you should expect to be contacted remember follow pedestrian traffic laws and stay alive