The Guilford County Sheriff’s Division has been awarded two grants totaling $245,500 – because of the Governor’s Freeway Security Program – to assist maintain drunk, excessive and distracted drivers off the roads.
The primary grant will present 25 p.c of the funding required for an ongoing DWI Taskforce of 5 Sheriff’s Division officers, together with one who’ll function the “DWI Educator” for the county.
The workforce additionally contains two Excessive Level law enforcement officials.
Based on the Sheriff’s Division, the entire annual value of that program is simply over $682,000 and that is the thirteenth 12 months of the funding.
The 2 applications are primarily meant to deal with “traffic-related points resembling unrestrained drivers, kids, rushing, and motorist driving whereas impaired, and [the program] presents neighborhood training on these points.”
The funding helps pay the salaries of the taskforce members, in addition to pay for alcohol blood testing kits and coaching and journey prices for members.
The second award supplies half of the funding wanted to proceed two extra Guilford County multi-agency DWI Taskforce members.
The entire annual value of that program is $189,440. The federal funding for second award is $94,720, whereas the native funds are $94,720, paid for by Guilford County. This program funds two deputy sheriff positions and different working bills for the officers.
That is the sixth 12 months the county has acquired this grant funding.
The awards will finish September 30, 2023, and the positions funded by the awards are time-limited, topic to accessible grant funds.
The Sheriff’s Division intends to hunt extra federal funds to proceed the applications up and operating past that date.
