Medford Police Department
Medford, Massachusetts USA
Chief Leo A. Sacco, Jr.
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Child Passenger Safety Unit (CPSU)

The CPS Unit has a number of officers trained and certified to inspect & install child/Infant safety seats for any Medford citizen. We do car seat installations by appointment and set aside every Tuesday 4:00 - 8:00 PM (occasionally others dates as well) at the rear police academy bay (behind academy/police station) by appointment only. We care about your safety and your child's safety. So, please ensure your child's car seat is safely secured. We sponsor and participate in a number of Child Safety Checkpoints throughout the metropolitan area.

Child Passenger Safety Unit - Services

CPS Useful Information
Contact Information Directions/All Phones

  • CPS Main Telephones    

    • 781-391-6776

Child Safety/Car Seat Installations

If you normally advertise in your News Paper, News Letter, or Web Site about the Medford Police Child Protection Safety Seat Inspection / Installation program we have made some changes to our request for appointment process.  

  1. We have a NEW PHONE NUMBER. It is   781- 391 – 6776
  2. Please call that number and leave a brief message with a call back phone number.
  3. Please leave a day time and evening phone number or a cell number
  4. The appointments will be on Tuesday Evenings between 4pm and 8pm.
  5. The Officers will review these messages on a daily basis and they will call you back to schedule an appointment. (since most officers that are involved in this program work nights, you will probably be called back in the evening)

About the CPS Unit

The CPS Unit (Child Passenger Safety Unit) has many officers trained & certified to inspect & install Child safety seats, they are:

Sergeant Angelo Raffaele Officer James Benoit Officer Richard Raso
Officer Shawn Maloney Officer Jason Montalbano Officer Joseph Byrnes

These Medford Officers had to complete the following to obtain their certification:

The child passenger safety technician certification process requires attendance at a 32 hour course including participation in a check-point event. At the completion of the instruction, the individual must pass written & performance evaluations. Individuals must attend update courses and renew their certificate every two years.

-The Unit's mission is to give instruction on the proper installation of child safety seats to ensure the safety of children while traveling in a motor vehicle.

-The unit conducts frequent checkpoints at the Medford Police Station.

-The unit also assists other cities with checkpoints in their communities, please check their webs sites for the locations as they are open to the general public.

CPS General Information:

MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 90: Section 7AA. Child passenger restraints; fine; violation as evidence in civil action
[ First and second paragraphs effective until July 10, 2008. For text effective July 10, 2008, see below.]

  Section 7AA. No child under age five and no child weighing forty pounds or less shall ride as a passenger in a motor vehicle on any way unless such child is properly fastened and secured, according to the manufacturer's instructions, by a child passenger restraint as defined in section one.

  No child who is five years of age or older, but not older than twelve years of age, shall ride as a passenger in a motor vehicle on any way unless such child is wearing a safety belt which is properly adjusted and fastened according to the manufacturer's instructions.

[ First and second paragraphs as amended by 2008, 79, Sec. 2 effective July 10, 2008. For text effective until July 10, 2008, see above.]

  A passenger in a motor vehicle on any way who is under the age of 8 shall be fastened and secured by a child passenger restraint, unless such passenger measures more than 57 inches in height. The child passenger restraint shall be properly fastened and secured according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  Unless required to be properly fastened and secured by a child passenger restraint under the preceding paragraph, a passenger in a motor vehicle on any way that is under the age of 13 shall wear a safety belt which is properly adjusted and fastened according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such child who is: (1) riding as a passenger in a school bus; (2) riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle made before July first, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, that is not equipped with safety belts; (3) physically unable to use either a conventional child passenger restraint or a child restraint specifically designed for children with special needs; provided, however, that such condition is duly certified in writing by a physician who shall state the nature of the disability as well as the reasons such restraints are inappropriate; provided, further, that no such certifying physician shall be subject to liability in a civil action for the issuance of or for the failure to issue such certificate. An operator of a motor vehicle who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars; provided, however, that said twenty-five dollar fine shall not apply to an operator of a motor vehicle licensed as a taxi cab not equipped with a child passenger restraint device.

  A violation of this section shall not be used as evidence of contributory negligence in any civil action.

  A person who receives a citation for a violation of any of the provisions of this section may contest such citation pursuant to section three of chapter ninety C. A violation of this section shall not be deemed to be a conviction of a moving violation of the motor vehicle laws for the purpose of determining surcharges on motor vehicle premiums pursuant to section one hundred and thirteen B of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Note: Never place a rear-facing infant seat in front of an airbag.

Massachusetts Child Passenger Safety Law:

Children under 5 years old and weigh less than 40lbs must ride in a child safety seat.

Children under 5 weighing more than 40lbs must ride in a booster seat.

Children 5 and older and weighing more than 40 pounds must wear a safety belt. A booster seat is recommended to ensure the safety belt fits properly.

A police officer can stop your vehicle if a child 12 and under is not properly restrained.
 

Useful Links:

For more information go to www.massghsb.com or www.nhtsa.dot.gov or www.masscps.org

 

Upcoming Child Passenger Safety Checkpoints

 

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