Click It Or Ticket Results Announced In Wallingford

WALLINGFORD, CT — Wallingford Police issued more than 150 infractions during its recent Click-It-Or-Ticket campaign, which took place from May 20 through June 2. The Wallingford Police Department Traffic Division stepped up enforcement of seat belt violations as part of the campaign, which was funded through the department’s participation in a state Department of Transportation Highway Safety Click-it-or-Ticket Grant.

“The funding supported the staffing necessary to allow officers to specifically dedicate our efforts on seatbelt enforcement in a continual endeavor to reduce injuries and fatalities resulting from traffic accidents,” Lt. Anthoy DeMaio wrote in a press release.

The Traffic Division targeted the areas of East Main Street at Durham Road, Washington Street at Parker Street, Cook Hill Road at Tuttle Avenue, Ward Street at Valley Street, Wharton Brook Drive at Louis Circle, South Cherry Street at John Street and Parker Farms Road at Highland Avenue at Hope Hill Road.

The following is a synopsis of the citations issued and arrests made during the Click-it or Ticket campaign:

Police issued 151 infractions for failure to wear a safety belt to motor vehicle operators, their front seat passengers, or to operators when children were not properly secured.

Additionally, officers cited or arrested individuals for:

• 12 – Cellphone violations
• 3 — Miscellaneous drug offenses
• 5 — Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license
• 17 — Miscellaneous motor vehicle offenses

Additional warnings were issued for a variety of motor vehicle related offenses, according to DeMaio.