Calhoun, GA — The City of Calhoun Police Department announced today that it has been awarded a $33,097.44 traffic enforcement grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta.
The department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency for GOHS’s TEN Mountain Area Traffic Enforcement Network, one of sixteen such networks across Georgia. These regional networks support year-round enforcement of safety belt, speeding, and impaired driving laws to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities statewide.
“With the increase in the number of persons killed in traffic crashes in Georgia and across the nation over the last year, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is working with partners like PAC to implement programs designed to stop the risky driving behaviors that are contributing to a majority of our serious-injury and fatality crashes,” said Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “Many of the fatal traffic crashes on our roads are preventable, and we will continue to work with our educational and enforcement partners to develop programs and initiatives that are designed to get Georgia to our goal of zero traffic deaths.”
The TEN Mountain Area Network includes law enforcement agencies in Dade, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow, and Polk counties.
Calhoun Police Chief Tony Pyle praised the continued support, noting the positive impact these grants have locally. “The Calhoun Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Officers are diligent in their efforts to make the streets of Calhoun and Gordon County safe for motorists and pedestrians,” Pyle said. “The grant funds awarded to our agency will be very beneficial in the ongoing efforts to keep our Georgia streets safe here in Gordon County and Calhoun.”
As the coordinating agency, the Calhoun Police Department will organize year-round waves of high-visibility patrols, road checks, and sobriety checkpoints as part of statewide safety campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, and 100 Days of Summer HEAT.
For more information about the Calhoun Police Department’s award, contact Captain Christy Nicholson at 706-629-1234 or [email protected]. To learn more about GOHS programs, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.
