The streets of Fayetteville were relatively quiet in the early hours Saturday, with a police road safety check resulting in two arrests and eight citations issued.

Conducted in two phases, Fayetteville police began the road check shortly after midnight on Ga. Highway 85 just north of Lanier Avenue with Chief Steve Heaton, Maj. Kevin Gooding, nearly a dozen officers and the department’s K-9 unit. The road check moved a couple of hours later, with units setting up along West Stonewall Avenue. In total, approximately 90 vehicles passed through the checkpoint locations.

By the time the operation ended two suspended license arrests had been made and eight citations had been issued, including five for child safety restraint violations, said Public Information Officer Beverly Trainor. K-9 units also checked two vehicles, she said.

Road checks are designed to provide awareness of the importance of driver safety and to help reduce criminal activity on city streets, Heaton said. It was just a week earlier when a Griffin man sped away from a road check location, dragging an officer with his vehicle and nearly hitting two people with his car.

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