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Lino Lakes Police Department Public Education/Media Relations continued: Each of these listed events is some of the type of tools used to get the message out to the motoring public. We have found the local media is very willing to work with the departments and always put a positive spin on their articles of the Safe & Sober program. We have had good success with the local cable TV stations that are very willing to assist in running presentations on the local channels. This coverage will expand with the addition of the three agencies. Articles will go out to every high school in our communities explaining what and why we are involved in this traffic safety program. Special emphasis will be placed in the school newspapers during the Youth/Belt wave. High school students will be invited to ride along with officers working Safe & Sober projects in an attempt to get students to understand the importance of buckling up and staying alcohol/drug free. The current Safe & Sober group has received strong support from our city councils and county board in this effort to save lives. Councils have publicly stated the importance of traffic safety within their communities. There will also be an effort placed on asking local clubs (VFW's, Legions, etc.) to assist with the placement of Safe & Sober materials within their establishments and donations to help defer the costs of the Safe & Sober business cards. Pens, key chains, and magnets along with Safe & Sober material will be handed out at the Anoka County Fair and school carnivals in an effort to promote Safe & Sober driving. Projects: Theeight agencies will meet prior to and after each wave. We will discuss the most productive times to ;hedule shifts that will produce the highest results for that particular wave. During the Impaired Driving wave '-mese shifts will be centered around those times when the impaired driver is likely to be on the road. (IE: 22:00 — 03:00) Seat Belt waves will focus on day light hours and those times when the highest number of motorist are driving on our streets. This will allow officers to visually see which drivers and passengers are complying with our seat belt laws. Officers will be encourage to stop motorist for any moving violation when the motorist is not wearing their seat belts. Shifts will be four hours long for most if not all the hours worked. It is believed that four-hour shifts produce the best results. Officers seem to stay better focused on the effort they are trying to accomplish when assigned to the four-hour shift. There will be a minimum of eight joint projects in the upcoming grant with the media encouraged to ride along with officers. And of course projects will be assigned to those dates set forth by the state on when we will work. The highest producers of our group will be awarded an incentive with the Safe & Sober logo. Some of these incentives may include hats, pens, coffee mugs, etc. The project director will write letters to the highest producers from each agency commending them on their performance. Officers who sign up to work the Safe & Sober projects will be encouraged to produce by the manager from each agency.