Toombs County Sheriff’s Office Receives Over $39,000 in Grant Funds
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The Toombs County Sheriff’s Office has received $39,856.40 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety as part of a High Visibility Enforcement grant.
This grant is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is awarded through a partnership with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities throughout the state of Georgia by promoting high visibility enforcement.
High Visibility enforcement uses highly visible and proactive law enforcement officers to target a specific traffic safety issue to help deter unlawful and dangerous driving behaviors that contribute to most of the fatal and serious traffic issues on local roads. Because the public sees these law enforcement officials more, this visibility is used to educate the public on traffic safety and promote voluntary compliance with the law.
“Federal and state crash data showed sustained enforcement of traffic laws reduces crashes and saves lives on our roads,” Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Allen Poole stated. “The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety will continue to partner with state and local law enforcement to implement projects and initiatives designed to protect everyone using our roads and to help reach our goal of zero traffic deaths in Georgia and our nation.”
Toombs County Sheriff Jordan Kight shared that the Sheriff’s Office currently participates in two high visibility enforcement campaigns within the state: the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Driving Under the Influence (DUI) campaign and the Click-It or Ticket seatbelt campaign. With this grant, deputies will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in connection with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety year-round waves of high visibility patrols and multijurisdictional sobriety checkpoints.
“The Toombs County Sheriff’s Office is thrilled to announce that with the acceptance of this grant, our deputies will be more equipped to enforce traffic offenses and promote more safety within our community along the highway,” Sheriff Kight added.
This grant will provide funding for the department throughout the year until September.
