Safety campaign aims to curb distracted driving

  • Georgia Office of Highway Safety Officer Ed Weaver (left) and CPD Chief Jeff Shoemaker monitor traffic. (Photos/Stephanie Hill)
    Georgia Office of Highway Safety Officer Ed Weaver (left) and CPD Chief Jeff Shoemaker monitor traffic. (Photos/Stephanie Hill)
  • Officer Sarah Emery observes motorists at the intersection of U.S. 129 S. and Helen Highway.
    Officer Sarah Emery observes motorists at the intersection of U.S. 129 S. and Helen Highway.
  • Cleveland Police Department Major Aaron Wieland, Officer Laura Riebold, Officer Denton Vaughan, Sergeant Brandon Landress, Officer Darius Dorsey, Georgia Office of Highway Safety Officer Ed Weaver, Officer Ray Rutledge, Officer Sarah Emery, Corporal Brandon Wood, and Chief Jeff Shoemaker before heading out to participate in the national U Drive. U Text. U Pay campaign on Monday, April 12.
    Cleveland Police Department Major Aaron Wieland, Officer Laura Riebold, Officer Denton Vaughan, Sergeant Brandon Landress, Officer Darius Dorsey, Georgia Office of Highway Safety Officer Ed Weaver, Officer Ray Rutledge, Officer Sarah Emery, Corporal Brandon Wood, and Chief Jeff Shoemaker before heading out to participate in the national U Drive. U Text. U Pay campaign on Monday, April 12.
  • Officers set up at the intersection of U.S. 129 and Donald Thurmond Parkway to monitor for distracted drivers.
    Officers set up at the intersection of U.S. 129 and Donald Thurmond Parkway to monitor for distracted drivers.

    Earlier this week, the Cleveland Police Department participated in a nationwide effort to crackdown on distracted drivers with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety A…