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The INDEPENDENT, September 2, 2010
Safety belt Blitz focuses on children
The Columbia County Sher-
iff’s Office is participating in the
next Oregon Three Flags Blitz
in conjunction with the observa-
tion of National Child Passen-
ger Safety Week later in Sep-
tember. The Blitz itself runs
from August 30 to September
12.
Sheriff’s deputies will be out
on overtime focusing on safety
belt enforcement along with
other hazardous traffic viola-
tions. The goal is to encourage
voluntary compliance with the
law, with a particular focus on
child passenger safety.
Child safety seats reduce,
by 71 percent, the likelihood of
an infant (under one-year-old)
being killed in a vehicle crash
and reduce the mortality rate
for toddlers involved in a crash
by 54 percent.
As a reminder, Oregon’s
Child Restraint law states that
any child weighing less than 40
pounds (regardless of age)
must be properly restrained in a
child safety seat. A child under
one year of age or weighing
less than 20 pounds must be
restrained in a rear-facing seat.
A child over 40 pounds but un-
der age 8 (or less than 4’9” tall)
must be restrained in a booster
seat that elevates the child so
that the lap/shoulder belts fit
See Children on page 21
Police/Court Abbreviations
Vernonia Police Dept.
Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol &
Drug; DUII, Driving Under the Influ-
ence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boating
Under the Influence of Intoxicants;
CCSO, Columbia County Sheriff’s
Office; DWS, Driving While License
is Suspended; MIP, Minor In Pos-
session of Intoxicants; MV, Motor
Vehicle Accident; PCS, Possession
of Controlled Substance; ODL, Ore-
gon Driver License; FTA, Failure to
Appear in Court; NTSI, National Traf-
fic Safety Institute; DA, District Attor-
ney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel; FF&A,
Fines, Fees and Assessments.
July 29 – MVA at Mist Dr.
and Knott St.; issued citation
for Careless Driving.
July 30 – Theft of MP3 play-
er reported at Bridge St. near
Rose Aver.
Aug. 3 – Suspicious device
reported in a logging road gate
just off Bridge St.; device de-
stroyed by OSP.
Aug. 4 – Assisted DHS on
Louisiana Ave.
– Assisted DHS on Califor-
See page 19
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