April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and law enforcement officers in the multi state region are taking action.

Both state and local officials are joining a nationwide effort to crackdown on distracted driving. This will be the second year for the Connect 2 Disconnect campaign which takes place during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

On Thursday, police will be emphasizing enforcement of distracted driving laws, particularly texting and driving.

Law-enforcement personnel want to send a clear message that driving with anything less than your full attention is dangerous and unacceptable.

Indiana passed a hands-free device driving law in 2020, which prohibits the use of holding a mobile device while driving. Since then, law enforcement agencies have issued more than 6,000 hands-free citations and almost twice as many warnings last year alone.