New Baltimore Police Training for Car Seat Checks

New Baltimore police are expected to provide child safety seat checks in fall.

Chief Tim Wiley said Monday he will send a police officer and cadet to training in September after councilwoman Florence Hayman raised the concern in the community. Hayman brought up the issue to Wiley after visiting Mount Clemens Fire Department to have her granddaughter's car seat inspected. During the visit, she discovered the seat should not have been on the market at the time of purchase a year ago.

Wiley, who used to conduct car seat inspections for the department as a police officer, volunteered to send the two employees to training during day-shift hours to avoid overtime costs.

He expects seat checks to be done in October during "Make a Difference Day," a health fair Hayman is involved in, Wiley said.