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Hartford, Connecticut 06120
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Daryl K. Roberts
Chief of Police

  

Eddie A. Perez
Mayor

CRIME SOLVERS TIPLINE:  860-527-TIPS

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, May 19, 2008

Hartford Police to Conduct
"Click It or Ticket" Checkpoints.


(Hartford) - Beginning today, Monday, May 19, 2008, the Hartford Police will be conducting a series of "Click It or Ticket" checkpoints throughout the City of Hartford as part of a state and nationwide seat belt enforcement campaign.

The "Click It of Ticket" enforcement program, scheduled to run through May 30, 2008 with  checkpoints throughout the city, is supervised by the Hartford Police Department's Traffic Division and funded by a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

Schedule of City of Hartford "Click it or Ticket" Checkpoints

Date Location Time
May 19, 2008 964 Wethersfield Avenue 1800-2200 (6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
May 21, 2008 1 Ford Street 0700-1100 (7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
May 23, 2008 3600 Main Street 1700-2100 (5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
May 27, 2008 700 Blue Hills Avenue 1800-2200 (6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
May 28, 2008 Park Street & Prospect Avenue 1830-2230 (6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
May 28, 2008 Prospect Avenue @ Asylum Avenue 1830-2230 (6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
May 30, 2008 Broad Street @ Madison Street 0700-1100 (7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)

See below for information about the Click It or Ticket (CIOT) nationwide program, or visit the NHTSA's website at http://www.nhtsa.gov/

America's Seat Belt Campaign
Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is the most successful seat belt enforcement campaign ever, helping create the highest national seat belt usage rate of 82 percent. Coast to coast, day or night, the message is simple - Click It or Ticket.

CIOT National Mobilization
 The cornerstone of NHTSA's seat belt communications program is the national Click It or Ticket May Mobilization. The primary audience continues to be men ages 18 to 34, which research shows are less likely to wear seat belts.

Day and Night, Cops are Cracking Down
Every year during this holiday period, law enforcement agencies join forces day and night, from coast-to-coast, for an enforcement blitz that delivers on our message “Click It or Ticket". The mobilization is supported by national and local paid advertising and earned media campaigns aimed at raising awareness before the blitz that ... Day or Night - Buckle Up or Pay Up.

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For further information contact:   Nancy Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department, 
(860) 757-4021, NMulroy@Hartford.Gov
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