Shawnee Wright, Community Coordinator                                                                                                                                          www.ppaccentral.org
3084 Trapping Brook Rd
Wellsville, NY 14895                                                                                                                                                           www.myspace.com/ppaccentral
585-593-1920 x721
WHAT IS S.T.O.P.P.E.D.?
known as S.T.O.P.P.E.D, is an environmental strategy that
originated from the Onondaga Sheriffs Office in Syracuse, NY and is
sponsored by the New York State Sheriffs Association.  

HOW IT WORKS:
Parents voluntarily register, with the Allegany County Sheriff's Office, any
motor vehicle that will be operated by a driver under the age of 21.
An identification decal is issued and affixed to the upper left side of the
windshield of each registered vehicle.

If, for any reason, the registered vehicle, when operated by a driver under the
age of 21, is stopped by law enforcement, the officer will complete a notification
card providing the following information:
  • Time and location of stop
  • Driver's name and number of passengers
  • Reason for the stop
  • Whether any traffic tickets were issued
  • Parents will also receive a postcard if the vehicle is found to be located at
    a site or home where there is underage drinking taking place, and no
    driver is available at the time the officer was checking parked cars for
    STOPPED stickers.

Notifications are mailed directly to parents to make them aware of potential
problems, enabling them to enforce any parental rules that often coexist with
teenage driving privileges.  The Sheriffs Office only keeps a database of
addresses and does not keep any other information and it doesn't go on the
child's or parents records...in fact, no information is kept at all.

The Sheriff's Office offers parents this voluntary notification system to extend
their watchful eyes and raise the awareness of drivers under the age of 21.
This program provides young drivers with a visible reminder of parental
supervision and provides parents with the means of correcting behavior before
it is too late.

REGISTRATION & QUESTIONS
Contact the Allegany County Sheriffs Dept at 585-268-9200 or go to your local
Department of Motor Vehicles  to sign up or you can download the registration
form above and send it in.
TO REGISTER, DOWNLOAD THE
FOLLOWING FORMS AND SEND
THEM IN.

STOPPED BROCHURE

STOPPED REGISTRATION FORM
SHERIFFS TELLING OUR PARENTS & PROMOTING EDUCATED
DRIVERS (S.T.O.P.P.E.D.)
FROM THE NATIONAL SAFETY
COUNCIL
  • Motor vehicle crashes are the
    number one cause of death for
    young adults between the ages of
    16 and 24.
  • 16- to 24-year-old drivers only
    make up 14% of all drivers, yet they
    are involved in 28% of all collisions.
  • Young drivers are involved in fatal
    traffic crashes at over twice the rate
    of the rest of the population.
  • More than 11,000 people aged 15
    to 24 were killed in crashes in
    2002, and 5,940 of those were
    drivers and passengers in vehicles
    operated by drivers ages 16 to 20.
In January 2008, STOPPED was
officially implemented in Allegany
County.
Program as a practice:

  • Houghton Academy
  • Wellsville Central Schools