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Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Yahoo
20 DUI arrests made over 7 hours during East GA road safety checks
Deputies and Troopers in East Georgia spent Friday night trying to get drunk drivers off the roads. Deputies from the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, along with Georgia State Patrol Troopers and members of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety conducted road safety checks throughout Richmond County over seven hours. Between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m., 20 DUI arrests were made. The safety checks also resulted in nine seatbelt violations, five child safety seat citations, two uninsured motorist citations, 10 suspended driver's license citations, two suspended tag citations, an arrest for an outstanding warrant, and an arrest on felony drug charges. In addition to the 20 DUI arrests, drivers who were deemed 'less safe' were given the opportunity to call for a sober driver to prevent potential accidents. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: 'Armed and dangerous' shooting suspect could be in Atlanta Fulton deputies make drug bust after pulling over man for not wearing his seatbelt 'They've been fumbled too many times:' Atlanta's unhoused face warming center challenges [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Glynn Co. Police receives $35,000 H.E.A.T grant
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WSAV) — The Glynn County Police Department (GCPD) was announced as one of 26 law enforcement agencies in Georgia to receive a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (H.E.A.T) grant for the Federal 2025 Fiscal Year. 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 or call 404-656-6996. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
