August 13, 2025 • 12 mins
Richland Public Health recently launched a new program called, "Look before you Lock - Richland."
The program got started following the death of a 5 year-old, who was left inside of a hot car in late June in Mansfield.
Dr. Julie Chaya, Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health said, several items are available at no cost to residents, including a pad that connects to your smartphone, reminding you that a child or pet is still in the car.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Our guest this morning is we'll get our month of
August public health update today. The doctor has walked in
and sat down in the studio. Doctor Julie Chea, who
is the health commissioner locally at Richland Public Health. Good morning,
It's great to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning here. And are you been busy?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I know you always say that when I see you
have things the case. Yeah, you always have many things happening.
And we'll jump right in. And I do want to
want to back up as you were here before I
left for vacation incarceration do record crowds. We had a
lot of people in town and know you guys were
busy with you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
That was amazing. It's too bad that it really rained
hard during that festival, but it was still a rock
and roll good time. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I saw the photos. Think what ninety thousand people or something.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Like that, and we're already gearing up for next year.
It's hard to.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Believe you have to plan early when there's upwards of
one hundred thousand people coming to town. Well, you always
are looking how to help people locally. And you had
press conference recently and I want to kind of give
you the microphone to talk here, you've officially launched something
called Look Before You Lock Richland. If somebody is just
(01:09):
hearing about this, explain you and you had a press
conference earlier this month.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
That's right, So a brand new program that Richland Public
Health just launched in honor of Kyrie Brown, who was
the child that unfortunately passed away in a hot car incident.
So after that happened, really was thinking about, you know,
how can we go beyond just putting out another Facebook
(01:35):
post or another public service announcement about, you know, keeping
everybody in your family safe. So did some research and
came up with look Before You Lock Richland, which the
whole purpose of the initiative is to make sure that
children and pets in our area are safe. So if
(01:55):
you are out and about, you know, in our community,
and you want to take your pets or your child
with you really want to make you aware that, especially
during the summertime where it can get really hot in
the car, that you're keeping them safe. You know what, Aaron,
I didn't know this that even on a seventy degree day,
it can get up to one hundred degrees or more
(02:17):
in your car in twenty minutes. That's pretty quick and
that's not really comfortable, especially if the air conditioning isn't on,
and even with the windows down, it still can get
over to one hundred degrees in the car on a
seventy degree day in twenty minutes or less. So we
really wanted to provide resources to all of our local
(02:38):
families that if you need a low tech solution or
a high tech solution to keep your kiddos and your
pets safe in the car, we really want you to
see us at Richland Public Health to help you out.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Okay, she's going to share with us information about this again.
You're hearing from doctor Julie Chaya this morning. She is
the health commissioner at Richland Public Health. We're talking about
look before you lock Richland, and you mentioned a moment
ago how quickly temperatures can really increase the inside of
car windows up, you know, in the hot temperatures. And
(03:10):
you have what some safety devices, some different ways that
people can stop by seeing you guys to make sure
that they have. So explain what you guys have for
the residents.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Of re Sure. So I just want to make everybody
aware that on average in the US, there are about
thirty eight children that will pass away from a hot
car incident. That's every year, and I was absolutely shocked
that something like this could happen in Mansfield, Ohio. When
I received the phone call that incident happened, I thought
(03:43):
the caller was calling me from Mansfield, Texas, not Mansfield, Ohio.
But I want everybody to know that this can happen anywhere, anytime,
to anybody. So with that, we have some low tech
solutions and high tech solutions that are apps free to
Richland County residents to make sure that your kids and
(04:04):
pets are safe in cars. So the low tech solutions
include a window cling that has a working thermometer so
you can see how hot it is getting inside of
your car. Again, a ninety degree day, it can easily
get over one hundred and fifty degrees in your car
in like fifteen minutes. It really doesn't take that much, okay,
(04:26):
So having that window cling thermometer on your car not
only gives you situational awareness of what's going on, but
other passers by as well to maybe take a peek
and make sure that everybody is safe. The other low
tech solution is a risk band, so if you put
a pet or a kid in a car, you put
(04:46):
the risk band on and then once you take them out,
you can take the risk band off. So for folks
that aren't participating in the program, if you do see
one of those wristbands, or if you do see one
of those window clings, just make sure that you be
a good neighbor and help folks out and check up
that their kids in pets are safe. The high tech
(05:07):
solution is something called a douna Sense alert. So basically
it's just a car seat pad that you put in
the car and it connects to an app on your phone,
so that if a kiddo has been in the car
for more than a minute without getting out of the car,
then it sends an alert to your phone to make
(05:28):
sure that they get out. If it's been longer than
a minute, then it sends a really you know, the
amber alert noise, it's really scary sounding. Then that is
supposed to get your attention to make sure that they
get out of the car. If you don't respond to that,
then it will send a phone call to your phone
as well as up to five other emergency contacts to
(05:50):
alert you that there's a kiddo in the car, and
if that doesn't go through, then the local emergency services
will be contacted to make sure that that kid is
not in a locked in a car for more than
fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
We are talking this morning with the Health Department and
doctor Julie Chay at the Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health.
We're talking about a new officially programmed they have launched
a look before You Lock Richland. We mentioned a five
year old passing away in late June after left inside
a hot car, and Julie, you know, you heard about
this news and sounds like you immediately went into action
(06:28):
to try to, you know, get this program up and running.
And sounds like you're working with a company right and
you got some a grantar's a donation to be able
to help yep.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
So given that federal and state grant funds are a
little sparse right now, and this was something that we
wanted to jump on as quickly as possible because it's
still hot out there and you know, people are out
and about with kids and pets all the time in cars,
and wanted to make sure that we had a local
solution up and running as quickly as possible. So we
(06:59):
did have a local owner who helped us kickstart this initiative,
But if there are other folks out there in Richland
County that want to help us with a donation or
a sponsorship of this program so that we can keep
it completely free for all Richland County residents and sustainable
for the years to come. All you need to do
(07:20):
is just contact us at the Health Department, give us
a call at four one nine seven seven four four
seven sixty one, and you can help that program become
a continued success. If you are a family that's interested
in a douna Sense alert for absolutely free. That's that
pad that connects to your smartphone to let you know
if the kiddo's in the car, all you need to
(07:41):
do is set up an appointment with us at Richland
Public Health and one of our certified car seat technicians
will help you get that installed again absolutely free at
Richland Public Health.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
All right, richlandhealth dot org.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
To be able to get more ore, you have Richland
health dot org. You can get more information there our
Facebook page, or you can give us a call at
four one nine seven seven four four five zero zero
and we'll get you everything that you need.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
All right, terrific there, Doctor Julie Chay, a health commissioner
at Richland Public Health. I had a lady call me
when I was off the air one morning and mentioned
to me that she's been seeing this a little while back,
but hot days a lot of pets being left in vehicles.
So I'm glad you brought you made a reminder their body.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Well, pets are just as important as anybody else in
your family, so we want to make sure that they're
staying safe too in the car, so.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
They're part of the family.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I know they loved it high right, they love to
go for rides. We want them to go for rides,
but we just don't want them being left in hot
cars because heat stroke for pets and kids can set
in pretty quickly.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And if somebody you know gets the appointment, you guys
will walk them through how everything works and make sure
they know how everything opens.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeh absolutely, And for the working thermometer, window cling and
the slap wristbands. If you can't come into Richland Public Health,
if you see us at one of our events that
were constantly or if you see our mobile unit across town,
we always have those on board. Many of our community
partners are going to help distribute these items as well,
(09:08):
so you can always check.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Those out there all right, richlandhealth dot org the place
to go for all the information. Before I let you go,
two things quickly. Saturday is Shaw Shank Hustle Day.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I can't believe it's already August and we're at the
eleventh annual Shawshank Hustle, which rich In Public Health is
a proud sponsor of. And it's a seven k fun
run and walk that goes all throughout historic downtown Mansfield
and the Ohio Reformatory. So if you want to participate,
or if you just want to check out all the
(09:41):
Shawshank fan action, you can stop down in downtown Mansfield
or at the Reformatory and check out the racers and
all the fun. Starts at eight am.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
And believe eleventh annual already this Saturday, So just a
reminder some of the streets downtown, you know, maybe closed
and things like that. There's a lot of construction downtown.
You can take part in the Hustle and see the
updates on.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
It all right, and help all of our local businesses
out downtown. They're awesome. There's so many different things to
see and do, so check out the hustle, check out
our local partners and help our local businesses.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
That's a great reminder because those businesses are open. There
may be construction, but make sure you stop down and
support them during the comtes. Absolutely, Doctor Julie Cha, a
health commissioner at Rutland Public Health, As I let you go,
back to school time is arriving. Hard to believe. We're
just days away from kids in the classroom already.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
That's right. And with that, Richland Public Health offers a
number of different back to school programs, especially vaccines if
that's something that your kiddo is needing going back to school.
So if you're interested in any of our back to
school programs, all you need to do is give us
a call at four one nine seven seven four four
five zero zero or visit us at Richlalonhealth dot org.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And I know it's back to school time happens for
you guys, Health department. You know you're inspecting probably fteria
different kind of things, right, and oh yeah, we're.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Out there making sure that everybody is having a very
safe and healthy start to back to school.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah. As again, as I let you go, I always
think about this. You seem so busy right now. I
want is there ever a time where it's not as busy,
because when you and I chat, you just seem to
have so many things going.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
No, we're always busy, and I like to keep it
that way well, because Richland County is a very important
community and everybody in it. We're a family of communities
and we want to make sure we're taking care of
our family and vice versus. So that's why, no matter
what happens erin the health department, Richland Public Health is
here for everybody. So if you need us, come find.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Us, all right, So you have that mobile unit still
all across the county into the fall, maybe, oh.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, absolutely. We're trying to make sure that our mobile
unit is somewhere in Richland County at least once a week.
So if you can't make it into town, just look
for the mobile unit in your neck of the woods
and we're more than happy to help you.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Out, all right, Doctor juliche A last thing, give us
the website the phone number again. Actually look before you
lock Richland if somebody wants to get some of those
very important devices from sure.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Again, if you are looking for any free items that
we have through the look before you Lock Richland Program
to keep your pets and kids Safe. For any of
our other one hundred programs or services that we offer
for pretty much absolutely free. You can visit us at
Richlindhealth dot org or give us a call at four
one nine seven seven four four five zero zero.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
All right, doing a lot in the county and that
is Richland Public Health. And you just heard there again
from doctor Julie Chaya, the health commissioner at Richland Public Health.
Heading close to your number three in the rule. That's right,
Busier than ever. We'll let her go this morning. Julie.
Great to see you, Thank you for an update, and well,
hard to believe I'm going to say this, We'll see
you next month in September. Thanks so much, Eric, thanks
(12:47):
for being here.
Our guest this morning is we'll get our month of
August public health update today. The doctor has walked in
and sat down in the studio. Doctor Julie Chea, who
is the health commissioner locally at Richland Public Health. Good morning,
It's great to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning here. And are you been busy?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I know you always say that when I see you
have things the case. Yeah, you always have many things happening.
And we'll jump right in. And I do want to
want to back up as you were here before I
left for vacation incarceration do record crowds. We had a
lot of people in town and know you guys were
busy with you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
That was amazing. It's too bad that it really rained
hard during that festival, but it was still a rock
and roll good time. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I saw the photos. Think what ninety thousand people or something.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Like that, and we're already gearing up for next year.
It's hard to.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Believe you have to plan early when there's upwards of
one hundred thousand people coming to town. Well, you always
are looking how to help people locally. And you had
press conference recently and I want to kind of give
you the microphone to talk here, you've officially launched something
called Look Before You Lock Richland. If somebody is just
(01:09):
hearing about this, explain you and you had a press
conference earlier this month.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
That's right, So a brand new program that Richland Public
Health just launched in honor of Kyrie Brown, who was
the child that unfortunately passed away in a hot car incident.
So after that happened, really was thinking about, you know,
how can we go beyond just putting out another Facebook
(01:35):
post or another public service announcement about, you know, keeping
everybody in your family safe. So did some research and
came up with look Before You Lock Richland, which the
whole purpose of the initiative is to make sure that
children and pets in our area are safe. So if
(01:55):
you are out and about, you know, in our community,
and you want to take your pets or your child
with you really want to make you aware that, especially
during the summertime where it can get really hot in
the car, that you're keeping them safe. You know what, Aaron,
I didn't know this that even on a seventy degree day,
it can get up to one hundred degrees or more
(02:17):
in your car in twenty minutes. That's pretty quick and
that's not really comfortable, especially if the air conditioning isn't on,
and even with the windows down, it still can get
over to one hundred degrees in the car on a
seventy degree day in twenty minutes or less. So we
really wanted to provide resources to all of our local
(02:38):
families that if you need a low tech solution or
a high tech solution to keep your kiddos and your
pets safe in the car, we really want you to
see us at Richland Public Health to help you out.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Okay, she's going to share with us information about this again.
You're hearing from doctor Julie Chaya this morning. She is
the health commissioner at Richland Public Health. We're talking about
look before you lock Richland, and you mentioned a moment
ago how quickly temperatures can really increase the inside of
car windows up, you know, in the hot temperatures. And
(03:10):
you have what some safety devices, some different ways that
people can stop by seeing you guys to make sure
that they have. So explain what you guys have for
the residents.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Of re Sure. So I just want to make everybody
aware that on average in the US, there are about
thirty eight children that will pass away from a hot
car incident. That's every year, and I was absolutely shocked
that something like this could happen in Mansfield, Ohio. When
I received the phone call that incident happened, I thought
(03:43):
the caller was calling me from Mansfield, Texas, not Mansfield, Ohio.
But I want everybody to know that this can happen anywhere, anytime,
to anybody. So with that, we have some low tech
solutions and high tech solutions that are apps free to
Richland County residents to make sure that your kids and
(04:04):
pets are safe in cars. So the low tech solutions
include a window cling that has a working thermometer so
you can see how hot it is getting inside of
your car. Again, a ninety degree day, it can easily
get over one hundred and fifty degrees in your car
in like fifteen minutes. It really doesn't take that much, okay,
(04:26):
So having that window cling thermometer on your car not
only gives you situational awareness of what's going on, but
other passers by as well to maybe take a peek
and make sure that everybody is safe. The other low
tech solution is a risk band, so if you put
a pet or a kid in a car, you put
(04:46):
the risk band on and then once you take them out,
you can take the risk band off. So for folks
that aren't participating in the program, if you do see
one of those wristbands, or if you do see one
of those window clings, just make sure that you be
a good neighbor and help folks out and check up
that their kids in pets are safe. The high tech
(05:07):
solution is something called a douna Sense alert. So basically
it's just a car seat pad that you put in
the car and it connects to an app on your phone,
so that if a kiddo has been in the car
for more than a minute without getting out of the car,
then it sends an alert to your phone to make
(05:28):
sure that they get out. If it's been longer than
a minute, then it sends a really you know, the
amber alert noise, it's really scary sounding. Then that is
supposed to get your attention to make sure that they
get out of the car. If you don't respond to that,
then it will send a phone call to your phone
as well as up to five other emergency contacts to
(05:50):
alert you that there's a kiddo in the car, and
if that doesn't go through, then the local emergency services
will be contacted to make sure that that kid is
not in a locked in a car for more than
fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
We are talking this morning with the Health Department and
doctor Julie Chay at the Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health.
We're talking about a new officially programmed they have launched
a look before You Lock Richland. We mentioned a five
year old passing away in late June after left inside
a hot car, and Julie, you know, you heard about
this news and sounds like you immediately went into action
(06:28):
to try to, you know, get this program up and running.
And sounds like you're working with a company right and
you got some a grantar's a donation to be able
to help yep.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
So given that federal and state grant funds are a
little sparse right now, and this was something that we
wanted to jump on as quickly as possible because it's
still hot out there and you know, people are out
and about with kids and pets all the time in cars,
and wanted to make sure that we had a local
solution up and running as quickly as possible. So we
(06:59):
did have a local owner who helped us kickstart this initiative,
But if there are other folks out there in Richland
County that want to help us with a donation or
a sponsorship of this program so that we can keep
it completely free for all Richland County residents and sustainable
for the years to come. All you need to do
(07:20):
is just contact us at the Health Department, give us
a call at four one nine seven seven four four
seven sixty one, and you can help that program become
a continued success. If you are a family that's interested
in a douna Sense alert for absolutely free. That's that
pad that connects to your smartphone to let you know
if the kiddo's in the car, all you need to
(07:41):
do is set up an appointment with us at Richland
Public Health and one of our certified car seat technicians
will help you get that installed again absolutely free at
Richland Public Health.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
All right, richlandhealth dot org.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
To be able to get more ore, you have Richland
health dot org. You can get more information there our
Facebook page, or you can give us a call at
four one nine seven seven four four five zero zero
and we'll get you everything that you need.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
All right, terrific there, Doctor Julie Chay, a health commissioner
at Richland Public Health. I had a lady call me
when I was off the air one morning and mentioned
to me that she's been seeing this a little while back,
but hot days a lot of pets being left in vehicles.
So I'm glad you brought you made a reminder their body.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Well, pets are just as important as anybody else in
your family, so we want to make sure that they're
staying safe too in the car, so.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
They're part of the family.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I know they loved it high right, they love to
go for rides. We want them to go for rides,
but we just don't want them being left in hot
cars because heat stroke for pets and kids can set
in pretty quickly.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And if somebody you know gets the appointment, you guys
will walk them through how everything works and make sure
they know how everything opens.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeh absolutely, And for the working thermometer, window cling and
the slap wristbands. If you can't come into Richland Public Health,
if you see us at one of our events that
were constantly or if you see our mobile unit across town,
we always have those on board. Many of our community
partners are going to help distribute these items as well,
(09:08):
so you can always check.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Those out there all right, richlandhealth dot org the place
to go for all the information. Before I let you go,
two things quickly. Saturday is Shaw Shank Hustle Day.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I can't believe it's already August and we're at the
eleventh annual Shawshank Hustle, which rich In Public Health is
a proud sponsor of. And it's a seven k fun
run and walk that goes all throughout historic downtown Mansfield
and the Ohio Reformatory. So if you want to participate,
or if you just want to check out all the
(09:41):
Shawshank fan action, you can stop down in downtown Mansfield
or at the Reformatory and check out the racers and
all the fun. Starts at eight am.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
And believe eleventh annual already this Saturday, So just a
reminder some of the streets downtown, you know, maybe closed
and things like that. There's a lot of construction downtown.
You can take part in the Hustle and see the
updates on.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
It all right, and help all of our local businesses
out downtown. They're awesome. There's so many different things to
see and do, so check out the hustle, check out
our local partners and help our local businesses.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
That's a great reminder because those businesses are open. There
may be construction, but make sure you stop down and
support them during the comtes. Absolutely, Doctor Julie Cha, a
health commissioner at Rutland Public Health, As I let you go,
back to school time is arriving. Hard to believe. We're
just days away from kids in the classroom already.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
That's right. And with that, Richland Public Health offers a
number of different back to school programs, especially vaccines if
that's something that your kiddo is needing going back to school.
So if you're interested in any of our back to
school programs, all you need to do is give us
a call at four one nine seven seven four four
five zero zero or visit us at Richlalonhealth dot org.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And I know it's back to school time happens for
you guys, Health department. You know you're inspecting probably fteria
different kind of things, right, and oh yeah, we're.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Out there making sure that everybody is having a very
safe and healthy start to back to school.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah. As again, as I let you go, I always
think about this. You seem so busy right now. I
want is there ever a time where it's not as busy,
because when you and I chat, you just seem to
have so many things going.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
No, we're always busy, and I like to keep it
that way well, because Richland County is a very important
community and everybody in it. We're a family of communities
and we want to make sure we're taking care of
our family and vice versus. So that's why, no matter
what happens erin the health department, Richland Public Health is
here for everybody. So if you need us, come find.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Us, all right, So you have that mobile unit still
all across the county into the fall, maybe, oh.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, absolutely. We're trying to make sure that our mobile
unit is somewhere in Richland County at least once a week.
So if you can't make it into town, just look
for the mobile unit in your neck of the woods
and we're more than happy to help you.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Out, all right, Doctor juliche A last thing, give us
the website the phone number again. Actually look before you
lock Richland if somebody wants to get some of those
very important devices from sure.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Again, if you are looking for any free items that
we have through the look before you Lock Richland Program
to keep your pets and kids Safe. For any of
our other one hundred programs or services that we offer
for pretty much absolutely free. You can visit us at
Richlindhealth dot org or give us a call at four
one nine seven seven four four five zero zero.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
All right, doing a lot in the county and that
is Richland Public Health. And you just heard there again
from doctor Julie Chaya, the health commissioner at Richland Public Health.
Heading close to your number three in the rule. That's right,
Busier than ever. We'll let her go this morning. Julie.
Great to see you, Thank you for an update, and well,
hard to believe I'm going to say this, We'll see
you next month in September. Thanks so much, Eric, thanks
(12:47):
for being here.
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Season Two Out Now! Law & Order: Criminal Justice System tells the real stories behind the landmark cases that have shaped how the most dangerous and influential criminals in America are prosecuted. In its second season, the series tackles the threat of terrorism in the United States. From the rise of extremist political groups in the 60s to domestic lone wolves in the modern day, we explore how organizations like the FBI and Joint Terrorism Take Force have evolved to fight back against a multitude of terrorist threats.