L.A. Police to Join the Largest-Ever Buckle Up Campaign
18 May 1998
Los Angeles Police Department to Join the Largest-Ever Nationally Coordinated Effort by Law Enforcement to Buckle Up ChildrenIn All 50 States Officers Mobilize Against the Leading Cause of Death to Children The Los Angeles Police Department will join more than 4,000 law enforcement agencies across the country in an unparalleled effort to protect children -- Operation ABC '98: Mobilizing America to Buckle Up Children. Tens of thousands of officers from all 50 states will conduct high-visibility enforcement of child passenger safety laws throughout Buckle Up America Week, May 18-25. LAPD will launch their participation in Operation ABC '98 at a child safety checkpoint on Monday, May 18th at 10:00. The Department will be engaged in high visibility enforcement of California's child passenger safety law throughout the week. Citation counts will be released at the end of each day. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death to children in the U.S. With summer highway travel expected to set a record this year, this effort to get children buckled up is more important than ever. WHAT: * Child Safety Checkpoint to Kick Off Local Participation in Operation ABC '98 -- A 50-State Enforcement Effort to Buckle Up Children WH0: * LAPD Officers * Arthur Anderson, Director of California Office of Traffic Safety and Representative of the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign WHERE: * Lincoln Blvd. and Brooks Avenue (Note -- do not release to the public) WHEN: * Monday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. B-Roll Available: Feed Date: May 18. Time: 3-3:30 p.m. EDT (c-band) Galaxy 4, transponder 7 out of Conus downlink freq. 3840 h.; May 19. Time: 1:30-2 p.m. EDT (c-band) Galaxy 9, transponder 1 out of NY downlink freq. 3740 v.; May 20. Time: 10:30-11 a.m. EDT (c-band) Galaxy 4, transponder 11 out of NY downlink freq. 3920 h. Operation ABC '98 is sponsored by the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign, in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Buckle Up America Campaign. CONTACT: Susan Denzer, 202-338-8700, or John Nisbet, 213-893-8118, for the Air Bag Safety Campaign.