Cherokee Sheriff's Office Awarded $272,000 H.E.A.T. Grant

WOODSTOCK, GA -- The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for its 2018 season. Known as a H.E.A.T. grant, the award totals $272,000, and will be used to develop and implement ways to reduce local traffic crashes due to aggressive and dangerous driving patterns, the sheriff's office said.

The goal of the H.E.A.T. program is to fight crashes, injuries and fatalities caused by impaired driving and speeding, while also increasing seatbelt use and educating the public about traffic safety and the dangers of driving under the influence.

H.E.A.T. grants fund specialized traffic enforcement units in counties throughout the state. The program was designed to assist Georgia jurisdictions with the highest rates of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities with grants awarded based on impaired driving and speeding data.

As law enforcement partners in the Operation Zero Tolerance DUI and Click It or Ticket seatbelt campaigns, the sheriff's office will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols, multi-jurisdictional road checks and sobriety checkpoints.

For more information about the H.E.A.T. program or any other GOHS campaign, visit
www.gahighwaysafety.org or call 404-656-6996.

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