Sheriff’s Office to provide safety seat checks

— The Benton County Sheriff’s Office, to better accommodate area citizens’ needs, will be scheduling appointments to check child passenger safety seat installations and provide seats as needed at theBenton County Sheriff’s Office. Appointments will be scheduled all day on the first Monday and third Friday of every month. Non-English-speaking families will be accommodated on Tuesday mornings from 8 to 10 a.m.

“Our hope is that this procedure will offer the best opportunity for families of car seat-aged children to be instructed on the correct installation of car seats in their vehicles and proper fitting of their children in the seats. Wewill also be providing ‘loaner’ seats as needed at no charge,” said Deputy Doug Gay.

Appointments can be made by calling the Sheriff’s Office at 271-1008 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

News, Pages 13 on 06/23/2010