LAGRANGE -- LaGrange Police will join law-enforcement agencies across the state to increase enforcement of seat-belt laws for Operation Belt up this month.

Highly visible patrols will be watching for unrestrained passengers in cars and trucks, both children and adults, the front seat and back, both day and night.

Overtime police patrols are paid with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.

Indiana law requires the driver and all passengers to buckle up and children under age eight must be properly restrained in child car seat or booster seat.