Police Receive Traffic Safety Grant In Arlington Heights

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Expect to see increase police presence on Arlington Heights roads over the next year. The Arlington Heights Police Department was recently awarded a federal Fiscal Year 2024 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program grant.

The purpose of the grant program, which runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2024, is for police departments to conduct additional traffic safety efforts.

According to AHPD, the program "focuses on high-visibility enforcement and strategies aimed at saving lives and preventing injuries by reducing traffic crashes."

Through the effort, police will be conducting additional enforcement efforts to supplement mandatory and optional campaign enforcement dates. Police said they schedule these efforts during some of the deadliest times of the year.

The focus of the efforts will be the leading causes of crashes, including speeding, impaired driving, electronic device use, failure to yield, and disobeying traffic control signals, as well as occupant restraint violations.

The STEP grant is funded by federal highway safety funds and is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation