COSTA MESA, Calif. (Nov. 20, 2025) – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) announced today that is has received a $43,380 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a traffic records improvement project to report crash and citation data faster and more efficiently. The grant program runs through September 2026.
"Thanks to this grant, we're upgrading our traffic crash and citation reporting system,” Lt. Stephanie Selinske said. "The new system creates a faster, more efficient way to report crash and citation data, which ultimately helps identify a variety of traffic safety needs where we conduct education and enforcement measures in the community.”
Grant funds will pay for a new electronic crash and citation data reporting system.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from OTS, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Contact:
Nick Wilson, Traffic Safety Bureau Sergeant
Costa Mesa Police Department
714-754-4963
