“Click it or Ticket” effort nets 92 in Bartholomew County

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that 92 seat-belt related tickets were issued by deputies during this year’s “Click it or Ticket” campaign.

The 25-day enforcement effort in May was funded by federal money distributed by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. According to the institute, in 2014, seat belts saved an estimated 12,802 lives nationwide.

Seat belt use in Indiana in 2014 was estimated at 90.2 percent, compared to 88 percent nationwide. More than 250 Indiana agencies took part in the Click It or Ticket campaign.