Calhoun Police Department Receives 2nd Grant from Gov’s Office of Highway Safety

The Calhoun Police Department is pleased to announce it has received a $41,080.20 High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).  Funding for this grant is provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is awarded based upon the partnership with The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety in helping to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities across the State of Georgia.

High Visibility Enforcement combines highly visible and proactive law enforcement to target a specific traffic safety issue designed to change unlawful and dangerous driving behaviors that contribute to most of the fatal and serious-injury traffic crashes on our roads.  Law enforcement efforts are combined with visibility elements and public notification on the enforcement campaign to educate the public on traffic safety and promote voluntary compliance with the law.

“With the increase in the number of persons killed in traffic crashes in Georgia and across the nation over the last year, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is working with partners like the Calhoun Police Department to implement programs designed to stop the risky driving behaviors that are contributing to a majority of our serious-injury and fatality crashes,” Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said.”  “Many of the fatal traffic crashes on our roads are preventable, and we will continue to work with our educational and enforcement partners to develop programs and initiatives that are designed to get Georgia to our goal of zero traffic deaths.”

Chief Pyle states, “I am very proud of our Patrol/Traffic Division officers for their determination to make the streets of Calhoun safe for our citizens.  I believe the awarding of this grant reflects the efforts and dedication of these officers.”

As law enforcement partners in the Operation Zero Tolerance DUI and Click It Or Ticket seatbelt campaigns, the Calhoun Police Department will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols, multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoints.

The grant will continue through September of 2024.

For more information on the Calhoun Police Department’s award, contact Sergeant Christy Nicholson at 706-629-1234 or [email protected]. or more information on GOHS and its highway safety programs visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.