Police issued 304 tickets to motorists last week during a traffic safety blitz targeting pedestrian safety and seatbelt use.
Operation Heads Up, Buckle Up took place on July 24 and 25 across the province. It was held in conjunction with a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) event in La Ronge. Combined, these efforts resulted in a total of 304 tickets, including 84 seatbelt violations, 16 cellphone violations, 107 for speeding, 11 for disobeying stop lights/signs, 86 various other infractions.
In addition, 47 child car and booster seats were checked by child car seat technicians during the STEP event. To help ensure and promote child passenger safety, SGI gave away four car seats and 17 booster seats during the check stops.
June's province-wide blitz targeting cellphone and seatbelt use, Operation Hang Up, Buckle Up, resulted in a total of 412 tickets.
