Glynn Co. Police receives $35,000 H.E.A.T grant
The Governor's Office of Highway Safety has announced that GCPD's award totals $35,361.
The GCPD H.E.A.T Unit will use the grant to reduce local traffic crashes due to aggressive and dangerous driving behaviors, a spokesperson said.
'Our H.E.A.T. team is already working earnestly to ensure Glynn County highways are safer than ever,' GCPD Chief Scott M. Ebner said. 'This award will bolster our efforts and show the people of Glynn County – as well as the thousands of drivers travelling each day through our county – that we are serious about safety and enforcing traffic laws.'
The H.E.A.T. grant program was made to help jurisdictions with the highest rates of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities based on impaired driving and speeding data.
'Federal and state crash data show sustained enforcement of traffic laws reduces crashes and saves lives on our roads,' Allen Poole, Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety said. 'GOHS will continue to partner with state and local law enforcement to implement projects and initiatives designed to protect everyone using our roads and to help reach our goal of zero traffic deaths in Georgia and our nation.'
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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