Newark Police Awarded Traffic Enforcement Grant

NEWARK, CA — The Newark Police Department has received a $67,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for its enforcement and education program. The money is for fiscal year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020.

Newark Police Department Chief Mike Carroll said, “The safety of everyone who lives, works, or drives in the City of Newark is our number one priority. With the help from the California Office of Traffic Safety, we can enhance our resources to ensure everyone who walks, drives, or rides a bicycle in the City of Newark will get to their destination safely.”

• DUI/driver’s license checkpoints
• Patrols targeting 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 others 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
• Patrols specifically looking for pedestrian and/or bicycle violations
• Creating “Hot Sheets” identifying repeat DUI offenders