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West Covina Police Department receives grant for special traffic enforcement

Date of Release: October 31, 2016

The West Covina Police Department has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long program of special enforcements to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. West Covina Police Department will use the funding as part of the City’s ongoing commitment to keep our roadways safe and improve the quality of life.

“Over the next twelve months, this grant funded traffic enforcement program will allow West Covina to utilize additional resources to target a range of traffic issues,” said West Covina Chief of Police Dave Faulkner.

After falling to a ten year low in 2010, the number of persons killed has climbed nearly 17% across the state with 3,176 killed in 2015 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Particularly alarming is the six year rise in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities, along with the growing dangers of distracting technologies, and the emergence of drug-impaired driving as a major problem. This grant funding will provide opportunities to combat these and other devastating problems such as drunk driving, speeding and crashes at intersections.

“Years of research tell us that enforcement and education work best jointly to combat unsafe driving,” said OTS Director Rhonda Craft. “This grant brings both tactics together, with the Office of Traffic Safety and the West Covina Police Department working in concert to help keep the streets and highways safe across West Covina and the state.”

Activities that the grant will fund include:
• DUI checkpoints
• DUI saturation patrols
• Bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement
• Motorcycle safety enforcement
• Distracted driving enforcement
• Seat belt enforcement
• Speed, red light, and other traffic enforcement
• Educational presentations

Funding for this program is from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Any media related inquiries, please call (626) 523-4031.

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Information released by:
West Covina Police Department
Sergeant Brian Daniels, Public Information Officer
1444 West Garvey Avenue
West Covina, CA 91790
626 939-8500

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