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to Border 2004: Successful For Eighth Year
Photo by Don Allen, VACP |
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police in cooperation
with law enforcement agencies throughout Virginia and the
bordering states of Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina completed it's "Border To Border" project
September 2, 2004. This was the eight year for the project
as part of Virginia's "Smart, Safe and Sober" traffic
safety campaign.
This year, 190 law enforcement officers representing 45
agencies held 8 checkpoints with 592 summons or arrests made.
Checkpoints were held at the state borders in Giles, Lee,
Wise, Pittsylvania, Chesapeake, King George and Frederick
Counties. Officers checked traffic for three hours with sister
state law enforcement officers beginning at 10:00 AM and
ending at 3:00PM. Two of the southwestern counties had rain
interfere with the project or greater numbers would have
been reported. Participating officers reported the following
violations of special interest this year during the 3-hour
checkpoints:
- 2 DUI arrests
- 1 Felony Habitual Offender
- 48 Adult Seat Belt Violations
- 41 Speeding Violations
- 2 Reckless Driving Violations
- 9 Child Safety Seat Violations
- 3 Narcotic Violations (65 canine vehicle searches)
- 6 Commercial Motor Vehicle Violations (2 removals from
the highway)
- 14 Technician Inspections of CPS (Only 2 were installed
correctly)
"We are extremely pleased with the efforts and professionalism
of our law enforcement agencies throughout Virginia and in
our neighboring states," explained Donald Allen, Traffic
Safety Specialist with the Virginia Association of Chiefs
of Police. "Compared with our efforts last year we issued
more summons with many more officers involved this year.
Each year the numbers of participants increase as a testament
to it's success and popularity with law enforcement officers
in Virginia as well as our bordering states. We saw a decrease
in the number of adult seat belt violations but saw the same
number of child safety seat violations. This is certainly
a message to all of us that we need to continue to enforce
child safety seat statutes as well as continue the education
of parents and caregivers as to proper use and installation
of child safety seats."
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