San Ramon Police Department Receives $30K Traffic Safety Grant

SAN RAMON, CA — The San Ramon Police Department announced Nov. 13 that it received a $30,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for a one-year enforcement and education program.

“We are grateful to once again be a grant recipient from the California Office of Traffic Safety. This
grant will assist us in providing traffic safety education in our community and promoting safe motoring in our city,” said San Ramon Police Chief Craig Stevens.

The grant-related activities are for the 2020 federal fiscal year, which runs Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020. According to Stevens, the funding from the OTS will be used for numerous programs, including:

—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
—Traffic safety education presentations for youth and community members on distracted and
impaired driving, bicycle and pedestrian safety
—Creating “Hot Sheets” identifying repeat DUI offenders
—Officer training to identify suspected impaired drivers and conduct sobriety tests