Eleven New Child Passenger Safety Technicians Certified

GAINESVILLE - The Lanier Child Passenger Safety Task Force recently held its first Child Passenger Safety Technician Training Class in Gainesville.

Eleven people completed the course and are now certified child passenger safety technicians, qualifying them to inspect car safety seats and booster seats for proper installation and provide education to parents and caregivers on properly restraining children in motor vehicles.

The Lanier Child Passenger Safety Task Force is made up of the following agencies: Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County, the Gainesville Police Department, the Forsyth County Fire Department and the Northeast Georgia Rural Roads Initiative.