Highland County Sheriff's Office awarded $27,000 in grant funding
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Sheriff Ron Ward announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety's (ODPS) Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) awarded $27,000 in federal traffic safety funding to the Highland County Sheriff's Office for the federal fiscal year 2012.
"These funds are essential in ensuring that we are doing everything we possibly can to keep our local community safe," Ward said. "Based on crash data, speed, impaired and distracted driving is a priority for Highland County, and we are pleased to work with our partners at the state level to address this safety issue."
Crash data shows that more than 150 crashes related to speed and impaired driving caused 21 fatalities and more than 80 serious injuries over the three-year period of 2008, 2009 and 2010. To reduce these numbers, the sheriff's office will be conducting high-visibility traffic enforcement, working overtime hours with grant funds. These enforcement activities will include saturation patrols and aerial traffic enforcement around the county.
The funds are passed through OCJS from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority areas such as restraint use, impaired and distracted driving, motorcycle safety and youthful drivers.
Competitive grant proposals are accepted and reviewed by OCJS, with funds awarded to projects that will have the greatest impact on reducing fatal crashes and improving traffic safety.
For more information abbot the Office of Criminal Justice Services and statewide efforts to improve safety, log on to http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov.[[In-content Ad]]
"These funds are essential in ensuring that we are doing everything we possibly can to keep our local community safe," Ward said. "Based on crash data, speed, impaired and distracted driving is a priority for Highland County, and we are pleased to work with our partners at the state level to address this safety issue."
Crash data shows that more than 150 crashes related to speed and impaired driving caused 21 fatalities and more than 80 serious injuries over the three-year period of 2008, 2009 and 2010. To reduce these numbers, the sheriff's office will be conducting high-visibility traffic enforcement, working overtime hours with grant funds. These enforcement activities will include saturation patrols and aerial traffic enforcement around the county.
The funds are passed through OCJS from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority areas such as restraint use, impaired and distracted driving, motorcycle safety and youthful drivers.
Competitive grant proposals are accepted and reviewed by OCJS, with funds awarded to projects that will have the greatest impact on reducing fatal crashes and improving traffic safety.
For more information abbot the Office of Criminal Justice Services and statewide efforts to improve safety, log on to http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov.[[In-content Ad]]