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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - Between May 20 and June 2, 2019, Douglas County Sheriff Deputies worked 30 hours of overtime for a high visibility seatbelt blitz with funding provided by ODOT. The emphasis area for this blitz is night time/daytime belts, and minors in open pickup beds.
We also participated in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) kickoff event, Border to Border (B2B), which is a one day national seat-belt awareness event coordinated by participating State highway safety offices and their respective law enforcement liaisons. The B2B event took place on May 20th and served as a kickoff to the Click it or ticket mobilization.
58 total citations and 48 warnings
During this blitz, Deputies issued the following citations: