The Shelby Township Police Department will be joining forces with Law Enforcement agencies throughout the country this month to intensify enforcement of distracted driving laws, as April is "National Distracted Driving Awareness Month".  According to the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center, in Michigan in 2019 there were 18,096 distracted driving crashes, resulting in 70 fatalities.  Nationwide in 2019, the number of fatalities linked to driver distraction was 3,142, or almost nine percent of all fatalities that year.  This included 566 non-occupants (pedestrians, bicyclists, and others) killed in crashes involving a distracted driver.

Throughout the month of April, the Shelby Township Police Department will conduct several distracted driving details, where officers will be looking for drivers who are distracted while driving throughout Shelby Township.  The goal is to make the roadways safer for everyone and to save lives.