It took virtually no time at all last week for a motorist on a busy Aurora street to get pulled over and ticketed for endangering a decoy pedestrian who was traversing East Iliff Avenue in a crosswalk.

In the hour or so that reporters watched the police decoy shuffle back and forth across Iliff at South Chambers Road, two motorcycle cops got busy fast during the traffic-safety operation. They barely had time to write a ticket or warning for one scofflaw before an officer monitoring the intersection would flag another driver who encroached impatiently on the acting pedestrian, or just drove as if they didn’t even see the guy.

“It’s unbelievable some of the things we see people do,” said veteran Aurora police Sgt. Bill Hummel, talking about both when people are driving or crossing streets.

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