PR03-023

Date:

September 18, 2003

 
Sheriff’s Office “B.U.G.S.” Program Encourages Seat Belt Safety at Northview High School

Eleventh and twelfth grade students at Northview high school were quick to learn that seat belts save lives. That strong and encouraging message was delivered last Thursday when uniformed deputies from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office came to their school to present “Buckle Up Georgia Students” (B.U.G.S.); a fifty minute multi-media presentation designed to educate seat belt use among teens.

The B.U.G.S. program, funded by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, is now entering its third year in local high schools. The program is taught students in the Fulton County and Atlanta Public School systems. Students attending the presentation receive a variety of buckle-up incentives, including sports bottles, key chains, and educational material.

Pictured from left to right are; Coach Colin Maloney, Deputy Tommy Davis, Codi Dickinson, Jason Murray, Kay Swanepoel, Deputy Justin Carr and Coach Chad English.

For more information, please contact Lieutenant Clarence Huber at (404) 730-4148. Lieutenant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at (404) 742-6798.