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ORPD working to increase use of seat belts, safety restraints for children

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The Oak Ridge Police Department is working with state officials to increase the use of seat belts and safety restraints for children, a press release said.

The ORPD is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, or THSO, for its annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone, or SAFE, campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee, the press release said.

The SAFE campaign began February 24, and it will conclude on August 1. [Read more…]

Sheriff’s Department receives Governor’s Highway Safety Grant for fifth year

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Sheriff Paul White announced Tuesday that the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department has been awarded a traffic safety grant for the fifth year.

The grant award of $40,000 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Office will support the traffic safety program “Reducing Fatalities In Anderson County,” a press release said. The grant will increase efforts to reduce fatalities through enforcement of laws governing driving under the influence and impaired driving, as well as seatbelt enforcement. [Read more…]