Child Car Seat Inspection Information

The Dunbarton Police Department is pleased to offer child car seat inspections. Master Patrol Officer Jacqueline Pelletier is a Certified National Standardized Child Passenger Safety Inspector. She completed the forty-eight hour certification program in 2006. The program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Child safety seat inspections are done by appointment only. Those wishing to schedule an appointment should contact Officer Pelletier at the Dunbarton Police Department at 603-774-5500. Those scheduling appointments should plan on the inspection taking approximately 45 minutes. The following information and or requirements are necessary for a proper inspection of the child safety seat. Please have this information available for Officer Pelletier at the time that you schedule your appointment. This will allow for some of the administrative tasks to be completed prior to your arrival. Providing all of the information will also allow Officer Pelletier to check the child car safety seat recall list prior to your arrival for the inspection.

• Bring the vehicle that you intend to install the child safety car seat in.
  
• Bring the child safety car seat that you intend to install in the vehicle.
  
• Bring the child that will be utilizing the child safety car seat. If the parents are expecting a child an appropriate installation and inspection can still be completed prior to the birth of the child.

The following additional information is also required:

• Name, Address and Telephone Number
  
• Child Safety Restraint Name (located on the child seat and packaging)
  
• Child Safety Restraint Model Number (located on the child seat)
  
• Child Safety Restraint Date of Manufacture (located on the child seat)

Improper installation of Child Safety Restraints is an extremely common problem. We hope that you will take advantage of this service to help insure that your children are riding safely and with the utmost protection available to them.