Palmbaum belt in Pembroke Pines after the death of Motorman – NBC 6 Südflorida

The wife of a police officer killed in South Florida who was killed in a motorcycle accident is committed to bringing more cities a simple solution to a potentially fatal problem.

It is an answer to a threat that literally branches off via sidewalks and streets: Palmwedel.

Charles Herring, a motorman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department, died in 2023.

He crashed and died of his injuries.

“When I heard about the accident for the first time, I was shocked. I had to hear it again because it didn't seem real,” said his widow Sylvia Herring. “I don't know anyone like him, never come across someone like him again.”

In the months after, she received the word of the Troy belt, green ligaments around palm trees.

“It is nylon, green to interference, has a clip hook and prevents palm fragments from falling,” said Inventor Troy Stanley.

He explained how falling fronds can be dangerous.

“The power of gravity, they come down hard, they will do some damage and hurt you,” he said. “In a parking lot, they fall on cars, break windshields, cause a lot of damage to vehicles or pedestrians. There are people who have died to just walk along a sidewalk.”

Sylvia Herring has successfully used Pembroke Pines official to install them on palm trees near parking spaces and streets and their efforts, and their efforts will continue.

“I hope that with [Pembroke Pines] Start the process that other cities will carry out, but I plan to bring this to other cities, ”she said.