City of Calhoun Police Department announced today that it has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $31,157.00 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta.
Calhoun Police Departmentreceived the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency of GOHS’s Mountain Area Traffic Enforcement Network. There are sixteen traffic enforcement networks across the state that help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed and impaired driving campaigns.
“This is our way of supporting the Calhoun PD through its continued leadership via Coordinator Captain Christy Nicholsonand the Mountain Area traffic enforcement network,” said Roger Hayes, GOHS Director of Law Enforcement Services said. “This grant will make sure that efforts to protect the public from drunk, distracted and other dangerous driving behaviors will continue as well as recognizing network leadership and law enforcement agencies in this region for their dedication and hard work to reduce crashes and injuries and eliminate traffic deaths on our roads.”
The Mountain Area Traffic Enforcement Network includes law enforcement agencies in 10 counties, which include Dade, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow and Polk.
Chief Tony Pyle states, “The Calhoun Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Officers are diligent in their efforts to make the streets of Calhoun and Gordon County safe for our motorist and pedestrians. The grant funds awarded our agency will be very beneficial in the ongoing efforts to keep our Ga. Streets safe here in Gordon County and Calhoun.”
The coordinator in the Mountain Area traffic enforcement network region will coordinate year-round waves of high visibility, concentrated patrols, multi-jurisdictional roadchecks and sobriety checkpoints as a partner in campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, 100 Days of Summer HEAT, and Operation Southern Slow Down.
For more information on the Calhoun Police Department’s award, contact Captain Nicholson at 706-629-1234 or [email protected]. For more information on the grant program, call 404-656-6996 or visit www.gahighwaysafety.org
