The EPPD would like to make this year’s Halloween as safe as possible.

Here are a few tips for trick-or-treaters:

• When trick-or-treating outside, remember to carry a flashlight or put reflective tape on costumes.
• Remind children to stay on sidewalks and cross at crosswalks. Twice as many kids are hit and killed by cars on Halloween than on any other day of the year.
• Check over candy wrappers when children return home and discard any candy with torn or damaged wrappers.
• Use battery-operated candles or glow sticks inside jack-o-lanterns instead of candles with flames.

Drivers can keep trick-or-treaters safe by: 

• Stowing the cell phones. Hands-free cell phone use is the law. 
• Driving especially careful after dark.
• Not driving under the influence of any impairing substance. Remember that if you feel different, you drive different, whether it's from alcohol, cannabis, prescription medications or other substances.

Have a happy and safe Halloween!