Fayetteville Police Department Awarded $29,708.56 Traffic Enforcement Grant

The Fayetteville Police Department announced today that it has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $29,708.56 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta.

The Fayetteville Police Departmentreceived the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency of GOHS’s Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network. Sixteen traffic enforcement networks across the state help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed, and impaired driving campaigns.

“This is our way of supporting the Fayetteville Police Department through its continued leadership via Assistant Coordinator Zach Campbell and the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network,” said Roger Hayes, GOHS Director of Law Enforcement Services. “This grant will make sure that efforts to protect the public from drunk, distracted, and other dangerous driving behaviors will continue, as well as recognizing network leadership and law enforcement agencies in this region for their dedication and hard work to reduce crashes and injuries and eliminate traffic deaths on our roads.”

“Crash data shows enforcement and education of traffic laws are two of the most effective countermeasures to help our state and nation reduce crashes and eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” said Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.  “Each life saved on our roads is one less family that will have to live with the pain of losing a loved one whose life was taken from them in a traffic crash that was completely preventable.”

The Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network includes law enforcement agencies in seven counties, which include Fayette County, Clayton County, Henry County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, and Cobb County.

“The City of Fayetteville is happy to announce the continuation of our partnership with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety,” said Robert Mask, Fayetteville Police Chief. “Our mission statement states that, with community partnership as our foundation, we are entrusted to enhance the quality of life, seek solutions to community problems, and foster a sense of peace and security for all people within our community. This grant helps us hold true to our mission statement and better serve our community.”

The coordinator in the Metro AtlantaTraffic 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, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, 100 Days of Summer HEAT, and Operation Southern Slow Down. 

For more information on the Fayetteville Police Department’s award, contact Lieutenant Zach Campbell at 770-719-4219 or [email protected]. For more information on the grant program, call 404-656-6996 or visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.