The Concord Police Department has been awarded a $270,000 state traffic safety grant aimed at reducing serious injuries and fatalities on local roads. The funding, provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will support a year-long enforcement and education campaign running through September 2026. According to Concord Police, the grant will expand several key safety initiatives, including DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols, high-visibility distracted driving enforcement, and targeted operations to address dangerous driving behaviors such as speeding, red-light running, failure to yield, and improper lane changes. The initiative will also include focused enforcement to protect bicyclists and pedestrians—groups particularly vulnerable in traffic collisions.
The funding will support community presentations on impaired and distracted driving, bicycle and pedestrian safety, and speeding awareness. It will also allow officers to participate in specialized training, including Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE), and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) certification. California Office of Traffic Safety Director Stephanie Dougherty said the partnership is part of a broader effort to build a statewide culture of safety. The Concord Police Department will roll out enhanced operations immediately, with activities continuing into next fall.
Concord should pass a city ordinance criminalizing jay walking.
That would be awesome. It will never happen in CA because liberals think that criminals should be able to do bad things.
Nah. We just need more cameras and anyone being seen cutting people off needs to have their license revoked. Just taking those divers off the road would likely reduce accidents by half.
The state can pour as much money as it wants into public traffic safety.
Until people decide to behave responsibly, nothing will change.
The chance of people changing is slim to none until they are held accountable.
Abe,
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The state isn’t pouring any money into this, the money came from the federal government. We’re borrowing this money and paying interest on it. What a stupid waste!!!
Commmunity presentations? Wow! Another democrat government worthless waste of taxpayer dollars. Use all of the money for traffic law enforcement.