TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Peter Wingert, Chief of Police
DATE: October 27, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Staff Contact Peter Wingert 480-948-7418
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Acceptance of Governor's Office of Highway Safety Grants
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Agenda Item Relates to Mission/Vision:
- Provides high quality public services to a community which values limited government
Strategic Initiative:
- Continuously provide high quality public safety services for Town residents and visitors.
- Conscientiously manage the Town's financial resources.
Council Goals or Other Policies / Statutory Requirements:
-Public Safety Task Force Recommendations
-Respond to neighborhood complaints in a timely manner
-Improve patrol level problem solving
-Paradise Valley Police Department Strategic Plan:
-Goal number one: Reduce crime and the fear of crime
Supporting goal:
-Reduce collisions and speed throughout Town by use of effective patrols and improved technology
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Town Manager to sign three Governor's Office of Highway Safety grants.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In FY 2016, the Police Department participated in the Governor's Office of Highway Safety grant for the first time in over five years. During FY 16, the GOHS grant allowed officers to work overtime shifts in order to specifically seek traffic violations and DUI violators. Two grants were accepted, authorizing the expenditure of $25,000 of overtime to seek traffic violators. During the 46 overtime shifts that officers worked, they wrote 233 citations and arrested 5 DUIs.
In 2016, despite the increased numbers of patrols on the Paradise Valley streets through the use of the GOHS grant, traffic collisions in Paradise Valley increased by 30% over the three-year average
The GOHS has offered the Town of Paradise Valley three grants during this federal fiscal year. Two of the grants are to enforce DUI ($15,000)...
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