The Tennessee Highway Safety Office, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol, and North Carolina State Highway Patrol will partner for a press event at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at Copper Basin High School, 300 Cougar Dr. in Copperhill, Tn., to kick off Hands Across the Border, a multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoint held that evening. The checkpoint will take place from 8-10 p.m. on Highway 64 to crack down on alcohol-impaired driving during the Halloween weekend.
During the press event, Polk County residents Ronald and Shirley Singleton will tell the story of their three-year-old son, Brady, who was killed on April 29, 2008, from a hit-and-run incident in Cherokee County, NC.
Speakers at the event will include: Fred Sherrill, Cumberland Law Enforcement Liaison for THSO; Lieutenant Carey Hixson, Tennessee Highway Patrol; Sheriff Steve Ross, Polk County Sheriff’s Office; and Sergeant Chris Wood, North Carolina State Highway Patrol.