Seatbelt Saturation Patrol

Sedgwick County drivers may notice heightened traffic enforcement from Monday, October 30 through Friday, November 3rd. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies will be conducting seatbelt saturation patrols throughout Sedgwick County in an effort to decrease the number of unrestrained drivers and vehicle occupants.

Kansas law requires all occupants of a passenger vehicle carrying fewer than ten passengers to be restrained. A vehicle can be stopped if a deputy observes a person who is not restrained. Children under the age of four must be secured in a federally-approved child safety seat; children four through seven must be securely belted into an approved booster seat; and anyone over the age of eight must be safely belted.

This safety effort will be conducted during the normal course of duty and is not supported by any grant.