From
Fred Bates, Jr.
Title
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a Selective Traffic Enforcement (STEP) grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the enforcement of safety belt, child safety seat, speed, intersection traffic control, distracted driving and DWI laws in the amount of $427,823.85
Presenter
Chief Steve Dye and Lieutenant Marc Owens, Police Department
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The results of special statewide traffic enforcement efforts in Texas and other states confirm that coordinated programs, such as the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), are highly effective in reducing traffic-related fatalities, injuries and costs.
As for the contributing factors of speed and intersection traffic control devices, locally from October 2014 through September 2015, the Grand Prairie Police Department investigated 610 vehicle crashes that involved speed and 429 involving intersection traffic control devices as a contributing factor to the cause of the crash. In the same year, the Department investigated 77 alcohol-related crashes.
The Grand Prairie Police Department has participated in the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for 26 years. The total grant money addresses primarily seatbelt, child safety seat, speeding, intersection traffic control, and DWI laws.
From October 2014 through September 2015, the TxDOT STEP Grant has resulted in the following grant-related citation totals: speeding violations (3,799); seatbelt use violations (1,685); unrestrained child violations (576); intersection control devices violations (4,011). The total number of citations issued as part of the grant program from October 2014 through September 2015 was (11,381), which includes the above totals and non-hazardous violations. The new grant will fund approximately 5,250 enforcement hours for the department.
The Selective Traffic Enforcement Program benefits the citizens of Grand Prairie by increasing safety...
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