Public Health - Seattle & King County's Violence and Injury Prevention Unit focuses on a number of critical yet entirely preventable health issues including deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes, firearms, and drownings.

The Unit’s purpose is to plan, implement, and evaluate selected approaches that reduce death and injury for high-risk groups of people living in King County. Ultimately, the Unit works to improve the health of people living in Seattle and King County.

Recent Injury Prevention Unit news releases and articles:

	March 16, 2007 Law enforcement on the lookout for impaired drivers
	December 28, 2006 Extra DUI patrols continue through the New Year
	December 15, 2006 Extra police patrols throughout the holidays: 16th Annual “Night of 1,000 Stars” dedicated this year to two officers killed in crashes caused by impaired drivers
	November 21, 2006 Extra officers target unsafe drivers
	August 31, 2006 Drunk driving crackdown continues through Labor Day
	July 12, 2006 High number of local drownings cause for serious concern