GENTRY — The National "Click It or Ticket" mobilization begins Monday, May 19th, and runs through June 1st.; and the Gentry Police Department will again participate in this mobilization in an effort to bring awareness to the importance of wearing seat belts.
"We will be conducting mobile, stationary and saturation patrols, as well as intersection intervention efforts during this period," said Gentry police chief, Keith Smtih.
"As always, we will be focusing our effort on unbelted drivers and passengers with a special emphasis on unbelted and unsecured children in vehicles," Smith said.
According to a release by Smith, seat belts are the most effective safety feature ever invented and have helped save thousands of lives. Sadly, one in five Americans fail to regularly wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle.
"By maintaining the 'Click It or Ticket' brand and awareness, we will continue to reduce seat belt fatalities on America's roadways and here, in our area," Smith said.