STATE POLICE O.R.E.P

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Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham have announced that they will be conducting Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (O.R.E.P.) in Lawrence and neighboring Crawford County in November. The patrols will focus on safety belt and child safety seat usage in vehicles. Illinois law requires all vehicle passengers (front and back) to be buckled up. Safety belts continue to be the most effective safety devices in vehicle crashes estimated to save nearly 14,000 lives each year. Half of the vehicle occupants killed in a traffic accident were not properly buckled up.