Vernon police host Child Safety Day
| 29 Sep 2014 | 04:33
At right, Vernon Township Police Sergeant Jason Haw is shown making detailed reports of how the child safety seats were installed when they arrived for inspection and the necessary steps, if needed, to correct or improve the installations.
Newton Police Sergeant Dean Coppolella and Northern New Jersey Safe Kids Senior Checker Jackie Stackhouse make adjustments to a child car safety seat.
Cliffwood Lake resident and Highland Lakes firefighter Gene Bellusci removes some gear from one of two Highland Lakes fire engines that helped to draw attention to the Vernon Township Police Department’s annual Child Safety Day.
Newton Police Sergeant Dean Coppolella and Northern New Jersey Safe Kids Senior Checker Jackie Stackhouse make adjustments to a child car safety seat.
VERNON — The Vernon Township Police Department held its annual Child Safety Day on Sunday in the Highland Lakes Clubhouse parking lot.
Members of area law enforcement agencies helped parents to ensure that their children’s child safety seats were properly installed and in good working order. Workers and volunteers came from the Police Departments of Vernon, Newton, and Pequannock with the assistance of the Northern New Jersey Safe Kids organization.
The Highland Lakes Fire Department and the Vernon Ambulance Squad also were on hand.
For more information call 973-383-1300 or visit www.preventionworks-nj.org.
— Photos by Chris Wyman