CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - You can call it unorthodox, uncommon, or just plain unfair. Charlotte County deputies are starting to use new tactics to make sure you obey the law.

On Wednesday, deputies were disguised as everyday people along 41 in Port Charlotte. They were catching unsuspecting drivers running red lights or speeding.

"It's not about tickets it's about awareness," says Sgt. Ken Roguska. "It's about slowing people down and reducing the amount of traffic crashes, the injuries, and fatalities that are a result of those traffic accidents."

Motorist Chris Harden agrees that people who run red lights should be stopped. He was recently hit by one who that caused more than 12-thousand dollars worth of damage to his S.U.V. But he's still not sure if Charlotte County's new tactic is the way to go about it.

"It seems a little odd and it just doesn't seem really fair," says Harden. "You know if you want to stop people from running red lights then just stick a cop car by the red light, not a homeless man."

But Sgt. Roguska says it's the bizarre nature of the project that will get people talking.

"We also want people to worry about running a red light because that guy on the side of the road might be an undercover police officer with police cars down the road and hopefully they'll put their foot on the brake and stop instead of trying to run a light," says Sgt. Roguska.