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The Janesville Police Department will mobilize, along with hundreds of other law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin, for the annual Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign through June 3rd.

During the Click It or Ticket mobilization and throughout the year, the Janesville Police Department stringently enforces Wisconsin’s mandatory safety belt law. “We enforce Wisconsin’s mandatory safety belt law – not to write citations – but to help save lives and prevent needless injuries,” said Deputy Chief Terry Sheridan. “Right now in Wisconsin, we know that about nine of 10 motorists consistently wear a safety belt. We also know that the 10 percent who fail to buckle up account for nearly half of the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes each year.”

Although the state’s safety belt use rate of 89.4 percent is the highest ever, the state still lags behind the national average. Last year, there were more than 58,899 convictions for failure to fasten a seat belt.

Other Rock County agencies will also deploy as part of the Rock County Speed Taskforce including the Rock County Sheriff’s Office and police departments from Beloit, Town of Beloit, Town of Fulton, Town of Milton, and the Town of Turtle. The additional patrols are funded through a grant awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Bureau of Transportation Safety.