Title
Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant for Traffic Safety
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City to accept the grant award of $20,000 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Kerr Putney, Police
Justin Kupfer, Police
Explanation
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has an opportunity to accept the grant award of $20,000 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP), which will provide the following:
- $14,000 to purchase four additional dual antenna radar units used in police vehicles to help enforce speed limit laws,
- $6,000 for the Regional Law Enforcement Liaison travel, training, and meetings expenses:
§ Local traffic safety meetings coordinated by CMPD,
§ Meetings throughout North Carolina and out-of-state, and
§ Training for other departments in the region and annual, national traffic safety enforcement conference.
§ The grant is for a period of one year. No matching funds are required from the City.
§ GHSP requires that the City Council pass a resolution authorizing the acceptance of grant funding.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Governor’s Highway Safety Program
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Resolution