Habitual jaywalkers in Montgomery County may want to think twice before crossing the street. The Washington Post reports that police are stepping up their ticketing. At monthly intervals, there will be teams of police stationed at eight streets that the county has determined have pedestrian safety problems.

While taking a walk around the city with some out-of-town guests this weekend, yours truly received disbelieving looks after dropping the knowledge that District police can occasionally be spotted handing out tickets for jaywalking.

Over the last few days, MPD officers have been spotted standing at the corner of 14th and Irving Streets NW ticketing people for jaywalking. We saw them at about 5 p.m. yesterday and received emails saying they were out on Wednesday as well. One bystander said she saw police stop one guy crossing against the light when no cars were around: “he had his headphones on and was crossing the street and the cop chased…