Monday, May 20, 2013
$4,000 grant awarded to police for additional enforcement over 12-day period.
Editor's Note: This article originally ran May 8, 2013. Click it or ticket. And this time, they really mean it. For 14 days in May and June, Washington Township police are going to enforce that law by cracking down extra hard. The department has been granted $4,000 to cover an additional 80 patrol hours from May 20 to June 2 during the annual Click it or Ticket campaign, according to Lt. Doug Compton. The annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to ensure drivers and passengers recognize the life-saving value of seat belts, according to a statement from the police department. During an 11-day stretch in 2012, the Washington …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Click It or Ticket campaign resulted in 11 arrest in Washington Township.
Washington Township police, participating in the “Click It or Ticket” campaign from May 21 through June 1, issued 115 seatbelt violation tickets, according to Lt. Doug Compton. During the 80 hours of additional law enforcement, funded by a state grant from the New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety in the amount of $4,000, officers made a total of 11 arrests, Compton said. The arrests were for a driving while intoxicated, four for controlled dangerous substance, one for contempt of court, one for criminal mischief, and two for hindering apprehension. In addition to the seatbelt tickets and arrests, there were four speeding violations, five driving while suspended summonses, and 118 tickets for other non-moving violations. During the 2011 …
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Taking part in Click it or Ticket enforcement campaign.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
We warned you the other day Hackettstown Police will be out in force looking for seat belt law violators in May and June. Well, they won't be alone. Washington Township police will also be taking part in the national Click it or Ticket enforcement campaign. See the full announcement from the PD below: Law enforcement officers from the Washington Twp Police Dept. will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and their passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Beginning May 21 and running through June 3, the annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to ensure that drivers and passengers recognize the life-…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Police are stepping up patrols.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
It's that time of year — when the weather gets nice, the trees turn green, and, if you're not careful, you get a ticket for not wearing your seetbelt. The annual “Click it or Ticket” campaign is back, which means police departments throughout the country will be stepping up enforcement of seat belt laws. It's a good idea to buckle up any time of the year, but if you don't have the cash to hand over to the municipal court, you might want to be a little extra careful in May and June. Here's the Hackettstown Police Department's announcement of this year's campaign: Law enforcement officers from the Hackettstown Police Department will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and their passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” …
Monday, June 6, 2011
Washington Twp. police arrest 25 during two-week time frame.
The Washington Township Police Department issued 323 summonses between Monday, May 23 and midnight on Sunday, June 5, during the Click It or Ticket campaign, according to Washington Township Police Sgt. Doug Compton. Compton, who serves as the department’s Click It or Ticket project director, received word at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20 that the department would be allotted the $4,000 federal grant to pay officers overtime funds to add personnel to the patrol units. Of the 323 summonses issued, 199 were for failure to wear a seatbelt, which was 16 more than in 2010, Compton said. Overall, though, the number of summonses was down 88 from the previous year’s campaign. “I think that’s a staffing issue on our side,” Compton said. “Last year we …
