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							MEDIA ADVISORY                                                         For more information:
                                                                       Jim Shuler, GOHS Public Affairs Dir
    FOR RELEASE
                                                                       404-656-6996 or 888-420-0767
    SEPTEMBER, 2004
                                                                       MEDIA PAGER 800-204-8113
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                 GOHS Hosts Hands Across The Border Aug 29 thru Sept 3, 2004
               NEIGHBORING STATES JOIN GEORGIA TO
               ENFORCE OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE
    (THOMASVILLE-GA/TALL-FLA) For six days leading up to the Labor Day holiday weekend, the
    Georgia State Patrol and local police and sheriff’s deputies will participate in the13 th Annual Hands
    Across the Border highway safety awareness campaign. From Sunday, August 29 through Friday,
    September 3rd, 2004,Georgia law enforcement will join their partners from bordering states
    Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee in a major southeastern Zero
    Tolerance impaired driving enforcement effort.
                     *PHOTO-OPS/MEDIA WELCOME*
    WHO:        Highway safety advocates and law enforcement from Florida, Georgia & the
               Southwestern Traffic Enforcement Network (SWTEN). SWTEN includes law
               enforcement agencies from Lee, Dougherty, Worth, Early, Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt,
               Miller, Seminole, Decatur, Grady and Thomas counties.
    WHAT:       ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN ROADCHECK SCHEDULED
    WHERE:      6PM-Tuesday August 31 Meeting & Checkpoint Briefing at JB’s Barbeque, US 319
                8PM-Tuesday August 31 Sobriety Checkpoint-US 319 at Georgia-Florida line
    REPORTERS NOTE: August 31-ROADCHECK INFORMATION and September 1 Speed
                                Enforcement EMBARGOED until 5pm Sept 1, 2004
    WHAT:       MEDIA EVENT SCHEDULED
    WHERE:      10AM-Wednesday September 1 (HATB) Hands Across The Border Media Event for
                Georgia-Florida at Lawton Chiles High School, US 319 and concludes on Georgia side
                of the state line at JB’s Barbeque
                1PM-Wednesday September 1 Speed Enforcement Initiative, US 319 from Tifton,
                GA to Florida Coast
    CONTACT: Lt. Leonard Bell, Albany City Police Department
                   Office: 229-431-3279/Pager: 229-250-6671
    Motorists who stop at road checks and Visitors Centers in Georgia and bordering states will receive
    seatbelt, child safety seat and impaired driving brochures. This year, Hands Across the Border is
    part of the “One Hundred Days of Summer HEAT” campaign sponsored by the Georgia Governor's
    Office of Highway Safety to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of speed, drunk and
    drugged driving, and failure to use safety belts and child restraints. For details, see our website.

                              Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
           34 Peachtree Street—Suite 1600—One Park Tower—Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                     Visit us on the web at www.georgiahighwaysafety.org
    Sonny Perdue, Governor                                        Robert F. Dallas, Director