GHSO Joins East Tennessee Law Enforcement

Bean Station, Tenn. – Kendell Poole, Director of the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office, will join members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and law enforcement agencies in Grainger and Hawkins Counties to announce increased seat belt and impaired driving enforcement during the upcoming holiday season. The event will take place Monday, November 17th at 1:30 p.m. at the Bean Station Police Department.

 

Both Grainger and Hawkins Counties have seen a dramatic increase in traffic crash fatalities during 2014. Hawkins County has one of the highest year-to-date difference in fatalities of any county in Tennessee. In an effort to prevent additional fatalities and injuries, local law enforcement agencies will be increasing enforcement and conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols.

 

WHO: Director Kendell Poole, Governor’s Highway Safety Office

        Steve Dillard, Law Enforcement Liaison, Governor’s Highway Safety Office

        Tennessee Highway Patrol

        Sheriff James Harville, Grainger County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff

        Ronnie Lawson, Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office

        Chief Bryce Justice, Bean Station Police Department

        Chief Richard McGinnis, Rutledge Police Department

 

WHAT: Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign

 

WHEN: Monday, November 17, 2014

          1:30 p.m. EST

 

WHERE: Bean Station Police Department

           785 Main Street

           Bean Station, TN 37708

 

For more information about the press event, contact Amanda Brown, 615-686-1022. For more information about the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, visit our website at www.tntrafficsafety.org.