Manhattan Beach Police Awarded $70,000 Grant

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA – The Manhattan Beach Police Department was awarded a $70,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries, MBPD announced Wednesday.

"After falling to a ten-year low in 2010, the number of persons killed on roadways has climbed nearly 17 percent across the state," police said. "Particularly alarming is the rise in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities that now comprise nearly 25 percent of all traffic deaths, along with the growing dangers of distracting technologies and the emergence of drug-impaired driving."

The grant funding will provide opportunities to combat traffic-related problems such as speeding and traffic collisions, police said. The grant will fund activities including: educational presentations, DUI checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement, motorcycle safety enforcement, distracted driving enforcement, seat belt and child safety seat enforcement and speed, red light, and stop sign enforcement.

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