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  • August 3, 2004


    RIVERSIDE COUNTY

    Purple Ribbon Month promotes child safety

    Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has joined a children’s advocacy group in declaring August "Purple Ribbon Month" to promote child safety in and around vehicles.

    The department is working with the organization 4 R Kids Sake to raise awareness of "Kaitlyn’s Law."

    The law is named for 6-month-old Kaitlyn Russell, who died in August 2001 from heat exposure after she was left unattended in a car by her babysitter.

    In January 2002, "Kaitlyn’s Law" went into effect, making it a citable offense to leave a child 6 years of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle without the supervision of someone at least 12 years old.

    Riverside County Sheriff Bob Doyle said he hoped that through the safety campaign other young lives might be saved.

    "Kaitlyn’s death was preventable. Had she not been left in the vehicle, she would still be with us today," Doyle said. "With the attention we are focusing on this issue, I hope we can prevent the senseless loss of life."

    Darrell Smith


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