CA Office of Traffic Safety Grant Received

Article Source: City of San Bruno CA

SAN BRUNO CA POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE

October 1, 2018

SUBJECT: San Bruno Receives Traffic Education and Enforcement Grant

CONTACT PERSON: Lieutenant Ryan Johansen

The San Bruno Police Department has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long enforcement and public awareness program. The traffic safety program is intended to educate the public on safe roadway habits and deter people from violating traffic laws or practicing other unsafe behaviors that lead to injuries and fatalities.

“Traffic-related injuries and deaths remain one of the most critical issues facing Public Safety today. Among the challenges facing the San Bruno Police Department is the capacity to effectively address traffic safety concerns. This generous grant from OTS will enable us to employ a more proactive approach to traffic safety, focusing on both education and enforcement.”

- Chief Ed Barberini

The grant from OTS will fund various education and enforcement activities for the 2019 federal fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019), including:

• DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols to take suspected alcohol/drug-impaired drivers – and those unlicensed or with a revoked/suspended license – off the road.
• Traffic safety education presentations for youth and community members.
• Patrols at intersections with increased incidents of pedestrian and bike collisions.
• Checking for seat belt and child safety seat compliance.
• Speeding, red light and stop sign enforcement.
• Warrant service operations targeting multiple DUI offenders.
• Compilation of DUI “Hot Sheets” identifying repeat DUI offenders
• Court “stings” to cite individuals driving from DUI court after license suspension or revocation.

• Specialized DUI and drugged driving training to identify and apprehend suspected impaired drivers.

In 2016, 3,623 people were killed in crashes across the state, a 7 percent increase from 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Particularly alarming is the rise in pedestrian deaths, with 867 pedestrians killed on California roadways in 2016, a nearly 33 percent increase from 2012. Along with the growing dangers of distracting technologies like phones, and drug-impaired driving, this grant funding will provide opportunities to combat these dangerous and illegal behaviors.

“Almost all crashes are preventable,” OTS director Rhonda Craft said. “Education and enforcement go hand in hand helping change behaviors that cause devastating crashes.”

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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