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Boston Police Department to Join Largest-Ever Buckle Up Campaign

18 May 1998

Boston Police Department to Join the Largest-Ever Nationally Coordinated Effort by Law Enforcement to Buckle Up Children

                  In All 50 States Officers Mobilize Against
                    The Leading Cause of Death to Children

    The Boston 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.  The Boston Police Department's participation in Operation ABC '98
will be officially launched at a checkpoint on Tuesday, May 19th.  At the
event, local officers will conduct a child safety checkpoint as part of a
week-long enforcement effort to save children's lives.
    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:   * A Child Safety Checkpoint to Kick Off Local Participation in
              Operation ABC '98 -- A 50-State Enforcement Effort to Buckle Up
              Children.  Police officers will issue summons to motorists
              violating child passenger safety laws and will distribute
              educational information.

    WHO:    * George Carino, Public Information Officer, Boston Police
              Department
            * David Kelly, Program Manager, Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety
              Campaign
               * spokes people will be available for interviews at the
                 checkpoint

    WHERE:  * Central Square and Boarder St., Boston, MA

    WHEN:   * Tuesday, May 19, 1998, 7:30 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.