FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 21, 2015
MEDIA ALERT
Tennessee and Kentucky Partner for Hands Across the Border
States Working Together to Save Lives
Clarksville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office is teaming up with law enforcement agencies across Tennessee and Kentucky to reduce roadway fatalities through enforcement. Representatives from both states will hold an event tomorrow at 10 a.m. to announce a roadside checkpoint along the state line.
The checkpoint will take place Friday, May 22nd from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. along Fort Campbell Boulevard.
Safety advocates created the Hands Across the Border campaign in 1991 to bring about more awareness of seat belt and child safety seat use across the southeastern states. This year, the checkpoint will take place during the national Click It or Ticket mobilization. Tennessee and Kentucky will join forces to provide increased seat belt enforcement along the state border, sending a zero tolerance message to the public: driving or riding unbuckled will result in a ticket, no matter what state.
WHO: Director Kendell Poole, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Tony Burnett, Law Enforcement Liaison, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Chief Al Rivers Ansley, Clarksville Police Department
Sheriff John Fuson, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Michael Felts, Hopkinsville Police Department
WHAT: Tennessee/Kentucky Hands Across the Border Press Event
WHEN: Friday, May 22, 2015
10:00 a.m. CST
WHERE: Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store
3441 Fort Campbell Boulevard
Clarksville, TN 37042
For more information about the press event, contact Amanda Brown at 615-686-1022. For more information about the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, visit our website at www.tntrafficsafety.org.
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Article Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2015
