Indio Police hosts children’s car seat safety event
KESQ-Newsroom
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Dozens attended the Indio Police Department (IPD) local car seat event this weekend.
Patrol officers assisted and shared information with parents on children’s car seating.
Elvia Ojeda, parent, said she’s thankful IPD provided this opportunity to the community.
“I’m just so excited,” Ojeda said. “They were so nice. My son is normally really shy, but today he was so excited.”
Andrew Leyva , Lieutenant, said officers want to ensure children are secure.
“We want to maintain the most vulnerable population of our community, which is kids,” Leyva said. “People are not aware, but the number one cause of child fatalities or child death is crashes. We want to make sure that kids are properly secured.”
The event happened on Saturday, September 27th at I-10 Toyota in Indio from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Organizers provided new car seats to any family whose child’s car seat does not meet the requirements, from the over 30 brand-new car seats all donated by the I-10 Auto Mall dealers.
The event was free and welcomed all parents.