The Fayetteville Police Department is set to bolster its traffic enforcement efforts after landing a grant worth $27,738.72 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), an award recognizing the department's role in the lifesaving sphere of traffic regulation, particularly as the coordinating agency for the GOHS's Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network, this network comprises initiatives aimed at year-round enforcement of safety belt, speed, and impaired driving laws across the state and is but one of sixteen similar networks stretched across Georgia's topography.
"This is our way of supporting the Fayetteville Police Department through its continued leadership via Assistant Coodinator Zach Campbell and the Metro Atlanta traffic enforcement network," Roger Hayes, GOHS Director of Law Enforcement Services, signaled the department's pivotal role and the significant impact of the grant, according to a statement culled from the City of Fayetteville official announcement, which also underscores the overarching objective of these financed endeavors to protect the public from intoxicated, distracted, and other risky driving behaviors as well as acknowledging the diligence and hard work of law enforcement agencies in the region who have dedicated themselves to the cause of diminishing crashes, injuries, and eradicating traffic-related fatalities.
Spanning seven counties, the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network, inclusive of law enforcement bodies from Cobb, Fulton, Clayton, Henry, Fayette, Dekalb, to Gwinnett counties, stands as a testament to a community bedrock of collaborative policing, Police Chief Scott Gray of the Fayetteville Police Department expressed contentment at the continuity of the partnership with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, reiterating the city's unwavering commitment to maintain and improve the safety of roadways for all that journey through the Fayetteville jurisdiction, "This grant will provide further resources to make that happen," Gray affirmed, delineating the proactive approach that will assist in the reduction of traffic collisions which has perennially been among the highest priorities of the city, according to City of Fayetteville.
In practical terms, the coordinator for the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network will be tasked with staging year-round high visibility, concentrated patrols, multi-jurisdictional road checks, and sobriety checkpoints—all integral components of nationally recognized campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, while the sum of the grant is allocated to ensure these campaigns along with others like the 100 Days of Summer HEAT, and Operation Southern Slow Down are executed with heightened efficacy and coordination, for further information on the Fayetteville Police Department’s grant, citizens and press alike are directed to contact Sergeant Zach Campbell, while details on the grant program can be unearthed at the GOHS website.
