ERPD Hosting 'Spring N2 Safety' Event on May 18

In this file photo, former Director of Animal Services, Andrea Dillard, reacts after participating in the “convincer – seat belt crash simulator.

The East Ridge Police Department will host a “Spring N2 Safety” event on Saturday, May 18 at Camp Jordan Arena.

The focus of the event of the event that will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is safety, officials said in a press release. The event is geared for people of all ages. “Come and meet some of those in Emergency Services/ First Responders,” said ERPD Acting Chief Stan Allen.

Some of the activities include:

The Convincer- Seatbelt Crash Simulator.
Fatal Vision Goggles driving course.
ERPD K9
Children’s Car Seat check-up event.
Fire Safety information.
ERFD Mascot- FIRE PUP.
Bouncy house, Concessions, and more!

Come and learn about important safety tips and spend some time with those who serve the community.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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