The New York State Police partnered with the New York State Park Police (NYSPP) to conduct a statewide Buckle Up New York \u201cParks Occupant Safety Initiative\u201d from July 6 through August 6, 2026.<\/p>\n
The joint initiative focused on state parks with higher numbers of child restraint violations and emphasized the importance of proper seat belt and child passenger restraint use.<\/p>\n
In 2025, New York State Parks set an attendance record with approximately\u00a086 million visitors statewide. With millions of families traveling to and from state parks each year, ensuring that children and other occupants are properly restrained remains a critical traffic safety priority.<\/p>\n
As part of the initiative, Troop K conducted enforcement details at Lake Taghkanic State Park in Columbia County and\u00a0Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in Yorktown, Westchester County.<\/p>\n
During the 2026 enforcement detail, Troopers issued the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n
284 seat belt violations221 child restraint violations55 other violations1 DWI arrest<\/p>\n
The New York State Police remind motorists that seat belts and properly installed child safety seats can significantly reduce the risk of serious injury or death in a crash. Drivers should ensure that every occupant is properly restrained before traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York State Police partnered with the New York State Park Police (NYSPP) to conduct a statewide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-316609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}