Full Notification

For Immediate Release
November 16, 2017
 
Contact:  Scott Combs, Traffic Sergeant, (310) 802-5166       
 
Date of Event:   October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018
 
Subject:   Manhattan Beach Police Department Awarded Traffic Grant  
 
Location:   Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266

The Manhattan Beach Police Department has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. 
 
After falling to a ten year low in 2010, the number of persons killed on roadways has climbed nearly 17 percent across the state, with 3,429 fatalities in 2015.  Particularly alarming is the rise in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities that now comprise nearly 25 percent of all traffic deaths, along with the growing dangers of distracting technologies and the emergence of drug-impaired driving. This grant funding will provide opportunities to combat these and other traffic related problems such as speeding and traffic collisions.
 
Activities that the grant will fund include:  educational presentations, DUI checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement, motorcycle safety enforcement, distracted driving enforcement, seat belt and child safety seat enforcement and speed, red light, and stop sign enforcement. The Manhattan Beach Police Department, with assistance from the Office of Traffic Safety, will use these tools to help keep Manhattan Beach streets safe.  
 
Funding for this grant was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.