There will be a priority on seat belt enforcement by the Junction City Police Department.

Police Captain Chuck Leithoff explained the campaign runs February 29 through March 13. “We’re going to be set up around the schools and be monitoring for, making sure everybody has their seat belt fastened. And we’re going to be a different schools throughout the next two weeks monitoring that and issuing citations if we find violations.”

The JCPD is joining other law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in the effort to address the issue. In 2015, 13 teens lost their lives due to car crashes in Kansas. Forty percent of those teens were not properly restrained.

Law enforcement across the tristate area will be extra-vigilant when patrolling around schools.