The Calhoun Police Department is pleased to announce it has received a $46,749.60 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.
“Using data to identify where and when traffic crashes are happening in local communities helps local law enforcement agencies determine when and where to patrol roads and highways in hopes of being able to save lives and reduce crashes through the enforcement of all traffic laws ,” said Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “Traffic laws are to protect everyone traveling on the road and that obeying them helps to make sure you and everyone else makes it home safely every day.”
Quote from Chief Kish: “Traffic safety is a responsibility we all share, and our goal is to reduce crashes and prevent the loss of life on our roads. This grant will allow the Calhoun Police Department to increase our visibility and enforcement in areas where data shows we can have the greatest impact. We appreciate the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for their partnership and support as we work to make our roads safer for everyone.”
As law enforcement partners in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over 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 2027.
For more information on the Calhoun Police Department’s award, contact Captain C. Nicholson at 706-629-1234 or [email protected] For more information on GOHS and its highway safety programs visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.
