Participating in Operation ABC Mobilization means that the Todd County Sheriff's Department will step up enforcement of drivers who fail to buckle up children.
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults.
Just wearing a seat belt reduces the chance of death in a crash by 50 percent. It's our job as law enforcement officers to protect and serve. If parents don't do their job of protecting their child, we will step in. It may be inconvenient to be stopped, but a ticket is far less tragic than the death of a child. Operation ABC Mobilization has grown ten-fold since it began in 1997 to the largest mobilization ever last November with 10,423 enforcement agencies across the country cracking down on drivers who don't buckle up themselves or their children.