Car seats must be installed prior to inspection. Albany Police staff will inspect the car seat and provide guidance and instruction, but cannot install it for you.
Inspections are by appointment only. To request an appointment, please email the Albany Police Department. Include your name, address, phone number, type of vehicle, and a picture of the car seat’s manufacturer label (often found on the bottom or side of the car seat). Each inspection lasts approximately 30 minutes. If you are pregnant, please bring someone with you to assist in adjusting your car seat.
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According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), car crashes account for roughly one in four unintentional injury deaths to children under the age of 13. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 608 children age 12 and younger died in motor vehicle crashes in 2019 and more than 91,000 were injured. Of the children killed or injured, 38% were not restrained.
As a parent or caregiver, you have the ability to make a lifesaving difference for a child by making sure that they are properly restrained. The Albany Police Department is committed to helping parents and caregivers ensure that children are as safe as possible when traveling on our City’s roadways and beyond.
As part of this commitment, our trained personnel will help parents and caregivers by:
California currently requires children under the age of 8 years old to be restrained in an appropriate child safety seat in the back seat of a vehicle. Best practices from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, however, provide additional guidelines to keep children as safe as possible.
These guidelines include, but are not limited to: