State Police to set up seat-belt checkpoints
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | New York State Park Police Sgt. Mark Sanchez, right, and Officer Bridget Fhagen patrol the Jones Beach Boardwalk. (July 18, 2012)
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Overloaded cars heading for Jones Beach this Saturday could be in for an unscheduled stop.
State Police will operate a checkpoint on a main road heading to the beach as part of a summertime initiative with state park police to improve proper child car-seat and seat-belt use.
The police agencies launched the education/enforcement campaign last month after park police noticed that, despite...
