GHSA and CHOP Provide Law Enforcement Educational Materials

To help police officers provide parents with the most up-to-date child passenger safety information for their state, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is partnering with GHSA to provide some great new resources for State Highway Safety Offices and their law enforcement grantees.

CHOP developed easy-to-use educational tools to help states provide child passenger safety information and other reliable sources to parents. These were mailed to all GHSA Members, who were asked to share them with their local law enforcement. Additional copies can be downloaded below.
Member-restricted materials (indicated by ) require a GHSA username and password to access.

• Parent Handouts on Booster Seats and Safe Seating Positions
  • Booster Seats (English) (Spanish)
  • Safe Seating Positions (English) (Spanish)
    
    
• Parent Handout: "Child Passenger Safety Websites"
  Lists three websites that provide useful and easy-to-understand information for parents. State representatives should add state-specific information in the designated blank area. Helpful as a handout at the station, for community safety events, at car seat checks, and even when a driver is pulled over for a possible violation.
  Download Parent Handout. (Note: this is a large file. For best results, select "Save," save file to your computer, and open in Microsoft Word.)
  
  
• Police Pocket Card: "Child Restraint Basics"
  Provides basic child passenger safety guidelines in a visually-appealing format, with a blank space for GHSA Members to add their specific state's information. Police request the cards be laminated for increased durability.
  Download Police Pocket Card. (Note: this is a large file. For best results, select "Save," save file to your computer.)
  
  
• Keeping Kids Safe During Crashes: Car Seat and Booster Seat Installation Videos
  These videos could be used in officer training. They are offered in both English and Spanish.
  • Car Safety for Your Infant
  • Car Safety for Your Toddler
  • Car Safety for Your 4-to 8-year-old
  • LATCH
  • Airbags
Link to videos on CHOP website.

By providing these educational tools that can be customized for each individual state, GHSA hopes to ensure that police and parents have the tools they need to better enforce existing laws and to keep child passengers safe.