Title
Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant for Traffic Safety - Law Enforcement Liaison
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the city to accept a grant award of $25,000 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Johnny Jennings, Police
Will Farrell, Police
John Reibold, Police
Explanation
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has an opportunity to accept a grant award of $25,000 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP), which provides the following:
- $17,500 to purchase five additional light detection and ranging radar units used in police vehicles and a radar speed sign to help enforce speed limit laws, and
- $7,500 for the Regional Law Enforcement Liaison travel, training, and meeting expenses.
§ The grant is for a one-year term from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.
§ No matching funds are required from the city.
§ GHSP requires that City Council pass a resolution authorizing the acceptance of grant funding.
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Grants Fund
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Resolution