FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2025) – 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. 19, at the Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards ceremony at The Hyatt Regency, Lexington KY.

WHO: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Deputy Secretary Jeremy Slinker

Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Executive Director Ryan Fisher
Montgomery County Sheriff David Charles
WHAT: Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards Ceremony
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 19

11:30 a.m. ET – Awards presented
WHERE: The Hyatt Regency

401 West High Street, Lexington, KY 40507