GRANT/ADAMS COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY TASK FORCE

Erika Simmons Target Zero Manager Moses Lake Police Department PO Box 1579 Moses Lake, WA 98837 Office: 509-766-9230 Fax: 509-766-3612 traffic@nwi.net

The Grant/Adams County Traffic Safety Task Force is sponsored by the Moses Lake Police Department. The task force has been serving both Grant and Adams Counties since the year 2000. By collaborating with community members, organizations and law enforcement, the task force provides traffic safety education and enforcement throughout our region.

 

Safety Programs and Partnerships:

• Corridor Project: SR 17 Corridor Safety Project
• TNTT (Trauma Nurses Talk Tough) - Education for pedestrian safety, helmet safety, Occupant Protection for Children, youth driving, impaired driving, and other safety issues targeting children and adolescents.
• SIDNE Vehicle (Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience) - Educating teens and public on impaired driving
• Grant County: DUI Victim/Survivors’ Panel - Travis Skidmore, Coordinator
  Located at the Prevention & Recovery Center (PARC): (509) 765-5402
• Adams County: P.A.I.D. (People Against Illegal Drugs) - Contact Edie Borgman
  edieb@co.adams.wa.us

Local Partnerships:

• Safe Kids Grant County
  • Walk to School Day Events
  • Bike Rodeos
  • CPS (Child Passenger Safety) Events
  • A.N.G.L.S. Program
  • Life Jacket Loaner Boards
• Big Bend Community College
  • "Community Partnerships Against Substance Abuse" Events
    
    

Resource Links:

• Moses Lake Police Department http://www.geocities.com/kloera111/policewebpage/Moses_Lake_Police_Department.htm
• Adams County Home Page
  http://www.co.adams.wa.us/
• Grant County Home Page
  http://www.co.grant.wa.us/
• NHTSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Facts - Adams County
• NHTSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Facts - Grant County

Contacts:

• Safe Kids Grant County - Theresa Fuller, tfuller@granthealth.org
• PARC (Prevention & Recovery Center) - Wendy Hanover, Youth Prevention whanover@co.grant.wa.us
  

Photo Gallery:

• Community Partnership Against Substance Abuse event - SIDNE Vehicle
  • Photo 1
  • Photo 2
• Mock Car Crash at Community Partnership Against Substance Abuse event
  • Photo 1
  • Photo 2
  • Photo 3
  • Photo 4
  • Photo 5
• Meth Presentation at Community Partnership Against Substance Abuse event
• Moses Lake Family Festival 2008
  • Ped Bee and Sparky
  • Fitting Bike Helmets
  • Sparky meets members of the Moses Lake Police Department
• Educational assembly at Columbia Ridge Elementary School 2008
• Ephrata Fire Department - Chief Jeremy Burns 2008
• Moses Lake Fire Department - Chief Tom Taylor 2008
• Larson Heights W2S (Walk To School) 2008
• In remembrance and honor of Child Passenger Safety Technician and advocate Cal Baker (Moses Lake Police Department) 2008
• Child Passenger Safety event at State Farm Insurance 2008
• Sustained Enforcement effort with participating law enforcement from Grant County, Douglas County, and Chelan County Sheriff's Offices. Event banner was hung at Trinidad Trading Post (Crescent Bar area) near the Grant/Douglas county line
• Grant County Bike Ride
• Walk to School Day 1
• Walk to School Day 2
• Walk to School Day 3