FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Marlin Ritzman said Tuesday that the campaign resulted in 19 percent reduction in laser strikes.

On Tuesday, it announced another $10,000 reward program — this one for 90 days and available at 56 FBI field offices — for information leading to the arrest of people aiming lasers at aircraft.

Aiming a laser pointer at a plane, which can result in the temporary blinding and disorienting of the pilots, is a felony punishable by five years in jail. Violators can also face heavy fines.

But the officials gathered at Yingling on Tuesday said the crackdown isn’t just about the safety of pilots and aircrews, it’s also about the safety of people on the ground.

“This presents a hazard to the pilots, it's a danger to the crews, and the FBI views lasing aircraft as an imminent threat to public safety,” Ritzman said.

So far, though it extends to before the initial campaign was launched in February, Ritzman said there have been 141 arrests, 104 prosecutions and 84 convictions related to laser strikes.

He hopes that furthering public awareness will result in more arrests and, in turn, increase pilot and public safety.

And don’t think they aren’t watching out for you in Kansas, either.

“If someone is engaging in this kind of conduct and they are presented to our office by the FBI, they will be prosecuted,” U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said on Tuesday. “If you think this is a prank, you are mistaken. Don’t let a prank send you to prison.”

The FBI has more on the dangers of laser strikes against aircraft and its increased crackdown on violators available on its website.