Crime & Safety
Douglas Sheriff Gets Grant To Keep Roads Safe
The $20,000 grant will pay for new traffic-safety equipment, as well as the office's work with a regional traffic-safety task force.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA — The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is getting a little help in keeping the roads safe.
The Governor's Office of Highway Safety has awarded the office a $20,000 grant in recognition of its work with its Western Regional Traffic Enforcement Network. The money will go half to support the sheriff's office's work with the network and half for buying new traffic-safety equipment.
There are 16 traffic enforcement networks across the state that help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed, and impaired driving campaigns.
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The Western Regional Traffic Enforcement Network conducts year-round waves of high visibility, concentrated patrols, multi-jurisdictional road checks and sobriety checkpoints as a partner in campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Operation Zero Tolerance, and the Thunder Taskforce.
"This is our way of supporting the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office through its continued leadership via Coordinator Lt. John Jewell and the Western Regional Traffic Enforcement Network," said GOHS Law Enforcement Services Senior LEL Ed Weaver. "We want to make sure they can continue their region-wide efforts to protect Georgia motorists from drunk and otherwise dangerous drivers.
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"They’ve proven their dedication and this grant serves not only as recognition for that hard work but as means for continuing the GOBS mission of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our roads."
The Western Regional Traffic Enforcement Network includes law enforcement agencies in eight counties — Douglas, Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Troup, Coweta, Meriwether, and Paulding.
"Sheriff Tim Pounds and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are very pleased and appreciative to receive this grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety," the office said in a news release. "This grant will assist and help us, along with the other agencies in the Western Regional Network by keeping our roadways safe for the citizens of each county."
Photo courtesy Douglas County Sheriff's Office
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