8-06-24 Police Offering Child Safety Seat Clinic in Pāhala This Saturday

Hawai‘i Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Torey D. Keltner, Program Manager
Phone: (808) 961-2305

Media Release

Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) will hold a free child safety seat clinic for families on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in Pāhala at the Robert Herkes Gymnasium and Shelter Parking Lot, 96-1219 Kamani Street.

Certified technicians will be on hand to assist families with the proper installation of child safety seats, check for any factory recalls on seats and vehicles, and answer questions.

“Two out of three keiki are not buckled up correctly,” said Torey Keltner of HPD’s Traffic Services Section. “Sadly, car crashes are a leading cause of death for children nationwide, making it vitally important that parents make sure their child’s safety seat is installed correctly.”

“With school starting up, this is a great free service for parents to check their child’s safety seat and get answers to any questions they may have.”

According to 2022 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the most recent year for available data, an average of three children under the age of 13 were killed and 429 were injured every day in the U.S. while riding in cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans. In 2022, 68 percent of the children who were injured in vehicle crashes were unstrained.

Hawai‘i Police Department is sponsoring the car seat clinic in collaboration with Partners for Safe Travel, the East Hawai’i Kiwanis Club, the State Judiciary’s Driver Education program, and Hawai’i Fire Department through a grant funded by State of Hawai’i Department of Transportation.

For more information on Saturday’s child safety seat clinic, please contact HPD’s Traffic Services Section at (808) 961-2226.