Table of Contents Executive Summary 4

OCCUPANT PROTECTION

Strategies

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  Utilize the OHSO Law Enforcement Occupant Protection Specialist (statewide coordinator) to improve occupant protection enforcement program development and delivery statewide.
  
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  Partner with various agencies to conduct targeted enforcement of occupant protection laws including nighttime enforcement, in particular in those counties identified as having the lowest seat belt use rate in the State.
  
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  The OHSO Statewide OP Coordinator will organize and coordinate occupant protection enforcement efforts in cooperation with local agencies, focusing on targeted areas to reach 70% of the population, including the following counties: Oklahoma, Tulsa, Cleveland, Comanche, Canadian, Rogers, Payne, Wagoner, Muskogee, Creek, Pottawatomie, Garfield, Grady, Washington, Leflore, Carter, Cherokee and Osage.
  
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  Oklahoma will support statewide seat belt enforcement campaigns coordinating local law enforcement participation during designated periods, along specific routes or in specified geographic locations throughout the state.
  
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  Oklahoma will expand efforts to increase participation in the “Click It or Ticket” national mobilization, including: use of OHSO IDLs and the OHSO Statewide OP Coordinator to assist local law enforcement agencies with online pre- and post-reporting of activities; requiring current LE subgrantees to participate in CIOT mobilization efforts; offering incentive awards to non-funded LE participating agencies; and assisting in organizing agency participation in a variety of enforcement efforts including targeting unrestrained nighttime drivers.
  
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  Promote CIOT participation through established Safe Communities groups statewide.
  

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  Training opportunities will be provided through established Safe Communities Groups around the state.
  
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  CPS Technician certification and re-certification training will be provided through partners and grantees, including efforts to promote higher recertification rates of existing technicians.
  
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  Recruitment of new technicians and instructors through current partnerships and grantees, and increase services to underserved (rural) areas of the state.
  
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  Conduct CPS workshop programs through current partnerships with a focus on educating parents and caregivers on proper child restraint use.
  
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  Partner with the Oklahoma Safety Council to promote and provide the “Alive at 25” program.
  

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  The OHSO Statewide OP Coordinator and Regional IDLs will promote outreach and awareness of occupant protection best practices to communities statewide through partnerships with LE agencies, grantees, schools, Safe Communities groups and Oklahoma Native American Tribes.
  
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  Increase awareness of proper CPS use statewide through partnerships with Safe Kids Oklahoma and Tulsa Area Safe Kids.
  
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  Maintain a list of active Oklahoma Child Restraint Inspection Stations and upcoming car seat check events which is accessible for public information.
  
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  Utilize partnerships and grantees to expand programs, services and outreach to Oklahoma’s Native American population and other minority groups.
  
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  Participate in and promote “Click It or Ticket”, National CPS Week and Seat Check Saturday events statewide in an effort to increase awareness of child passenger safety laws and best practices.
  
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  Conduct a statewide Seat Belt Survey and Child Restraint Survey each year to determine the overall observed use of passenger safety restraints and determine those areas for future program focus.
  
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  Promote public awareness utilizing brochures, videos, television and radio PSAs, posters, press releases, promotion of special events, display booths, speakers, media campaigns and use of OHSO’s film library and educational materials.
  
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  Promote awareness through the OHSO webpage dedicated to occupant protection information and initiatives.
  

The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office actively supports NHTSA’s national “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” mobilizations. OHSO uses an online electronic mobilization reporting system allowing law enforcement agencies to indicate their intent to participate and to report activity after the mobilization. Agency participation in this event is accomplished in a variety of ways.

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  Each subgrantee law enforcement agency is required as a condition of their grant agreement to participate in and report enforcement/PI&E activities for the “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” mobilizations, including submission of pre-mobilization and post-mobilization reports.
  
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  Law enforcement agencies that are not subgrantees are personally contacted prior to each mobilization by the OHSO Impaired Driving Liaison (IDL) assigned to their region. These agencies are encouraged to support the mobilizations and are provided the opportunity to qualify for incentive awards after each mobilization, contingent upon participation.
  
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  The OHSO actively promotes the mobilizations with earned media and support from our Safe Communities groups. Our paid media contractor promotes the mobilizations using the national messaging taglines, unless otherwise directed by the OHSO¹³. The contractor is required to report on the number of impressions achieved in each advertising venue.
  

The proposed strategies for occupant protection reach all seventy-seven counties in the State and consist of both enforcement and educational opportunities, as well as outreach to at-risk populations such as Native Americans. Enforcement projects include a statewide OP Coordinator with the Highway Patrol. The Child Passenger Safety effort includes both Safe Kids Oklahoma and the Tulsa Safe Kids Coalition with St. Francis Hospital to offer car seats, checkup events, and education statewide. Using evidence-based strategies, these projects are expected to have a positive impact in increasing the State’s seat belt and child restraint use rate targets.

Oklahoma will provide trained, qualified personnel to develop, monitor, coordinate and manage the various Occupant Protection projects planned for FY2016.

Countermeasures Programs

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