Dublin Police Services Awarded $50K Traffic Safety Grant

DUBLIN, CA — Dublin Police Services has received a $50,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for a one-year enforcement and education program designed to reduce roadway deaths and injuries, it was recently announced.

"Traffic enforcement and education continues to be one of the most important things we do to ensure public safety," said Dublin Police Captain Nate Schmidt. "Being awarded this OTS grant will help to ensure our community remains safe on the roadways and is provided the best service possible."

The grant-related activities are for the 2020 federal fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020.

The funding from the OTS will be used for numerous programs, including:

• DUI checkpoints.
• Patrols specifically looking for suspected alcohol and/or drug-impaired drivers.
• Patrols targeting violations of California's hands-free cell phone law and vehicle code violations by drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians that put other roadway users at risk.
• Patrols targeting the primary causes of crashes: Speeding, improper turns, running stop signs or signals, right-of-way violations and driving on the wrong side of the road.

• Patrols specifically looking for seat belt and child safety seat violations.
• Creating "Hot Sheets" identifying repeat DUI offenders.
• Officer training to identify suspected impaired drivers and conduct sobriety tests.

"Getting in a vehicle remains one of the most dangerous things we do," OTS director Barbara Rooney said. "We must continue to work with our partners in law enforcement to shift that realization and make traveling on our roads safer."