Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-03-06 | Page 9 | Death Spurs Police Safety Program

Death Spurs Police Safety Program Spurred by a pedestrian death this week that raised the years year's toll to five the police department Thur Thursday day extended a new traffic safety education program begun last week under direction of Chief Reed E E. E Chief said the fact that five persons have been killed in 1941 In motor vehicle-pedestrian vehicle accidents indicated need of the program which is to reach as many individuals as possible Another cards giving safe safe- driving pointers was ordered for distribution by the department bringing the total to Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral thousand have been distributed distributed distributed by Boy Scouts I Sergeant Harvey C C. Peirce head of the traffic division took 1 1000 cards to a Teacher Parent-Teacher association presidents presidents' meeting at Lafayette school Thursday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- after after- noon for distribution tion to individual school T P-T A groups On Saturday several thousand cards are to be handed customers by clerks in several large mar mar- On Wednesday night the police department presented a street broadcast over in which officers asked motorists to stop and take part Motorists were interviewed on their traffic safety views The broadcast was from the block on East Fourth South street