FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2025) – Despite the implementation of laws and a wealth of data showing that seat belts and child restraints save lives, each year hundreds of unrestrained motorists lose their lives on Kentucky roadways. Law enforcement officers and child passenger safety personnel throughout the state are working to reduce these fatalities through extraordinary efforts to increase seat belt and child restraint usage.

 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety will honor these recipients at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards ceremony at The Hyatt Regency, Lexington KY.

 

WHO: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray

Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Assistant Director Ryan Fisher
Assistant Director of KY Association of Basketball Coaches Scott Chalk

Victim Advocate Dixie Wise

 
WHAT: Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards Ceremony

 
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 20

11:30 a.m. ET – Awards presented

 
WHERE: The Hyatt Regency

401 West High Street, Lexington, KY 40507