Mill Valley PD Awarded $28K Traffic Grant

Mill Valley CA

19 November, 2021

6:09 PM

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MILL VALLEY, CA — The Mill Valley Police Department has been a awarded an $28,000 grant to promote traffic safety from state and federal agencies. The MVPD says it will use the funds for a traffic services program that aims to deter dangerous and illegal driving. The grant will fund enforcement measures including DUI checkpoints, patrols targeting impaired and distracted drivers, operations focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety, community education and officer training. The grant program will run through September 2022. "Impairment, speeding and other dangerous driving behaviors jeopardize the safety of others on our roadways and this funding allows us to provide necessary traffic enforcement measures with the goal of reducing serious injury and fatal crashes on our road," MVPD Traffic Sgt. Kyle Maxwell said in a statement. Funding for this program was provided by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.