Keeping summer safe means keeping tabs on kids

As of this week, it’s official: summer is here! But with summer fun comes a responsibility that all of us share – keeping our young people safe. During these summer days and months, I urge all parents to keep close tabs on the whereabouts of your children. It is an important message that Mayor Domenic Sarno, Police Commissioner William Fitchet and myself are echoing loudly and clearly to the Springfield community. This summer, you will see a series of public service announcements made by us and airing on CBS3 Springfield and also ABC40/FOX6. We hope it will be a constant reminder for parents, guardians and caring adults to regularly call or text the child in your life to find out where they are and what they are up to. Let’s make sure our youth return to school incident free and ready to learn.