Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Awarded $20,000 Traffic - TopicsExpress



          

Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Awarded $20,000 Traffic Enforcement Grant The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office announces that it has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta. The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency of GOHS’s Appalachian Trail Traffic Enforcement Network. There are 16 traffic enforcement networks across the state that help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed and impaired driving campaigns. “This is our way of supporting the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office through its continued leadership via Coordinator Josh Chancey and the Appalachian Trail traffic enforcement network,” said GOHS Law Enforcement Services Director Powell Harrelson. “We want to make sure they can continue their region-wide efforts to protect Georgia motorists from drunk and otherwise dangerous drivers. Theyve proven their dedication and this grant serves not only as recognition for that hard work, but as means for continuing the GOHS mission of reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities on our roads.” The Appalachian Trail Traffic Enforcement Network includes law enforcement agencies in seven counties, which include Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Towns, Union, and Lumpkin. The GOHS grant awarded $20,000 to the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office with half to support the activities of the traffic enforcement network and half to be spent on traffic safety equipment for the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office. The coordinator in the Appalachian Trail traffic enforcement network region will coordinate year-round waves of high visibility, concentrated patrols, multi-jurisdictional road checks and sobriety checkpoints as a partner in campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Operation Zero Tolerance and the Thunder Taskforce. For more information on the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office award, contact Sgt. Josh Chancey at 706-515-2868 or via email at jchancey@gilmersheriff. For more information on the grant program, call 404-656-6996 or visit gahighwaysafety.org. #gilmersheriff
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:24:49 +0000

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