The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) has been awarded a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant for the federal 2024 fiscal year.
Also referred to as a H.E.A.T. grant, the program aims to combat crashes, injuries, and fatalities caused by impaired driving and speeding. The H.E.A.T. program also serves to increase seatbelt use and educate the public about traffic safety and the dangers of driving under the influence.
HCSO received $186,880.80 and is one of 24 law enforcement agencies in Georgia to receive the grant.
“The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and our partners continue to implement programs designed to save lives and promote safe driving behaviors,” Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said. “We can ask everyone to help our state and nation reach zero traffic deaths by driving safe speeds, always wearing a seat belt, keeping the focus on the road and not the phone, and never operating a vehicle under the influence of any substance that impairs your ability to drive.”
H.E.A.T. grants fund specialized traffic enforcement units in counties throughout the state. The program was designed to assist Georgia jurisdictions with the highest rates of traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities with grants awarded based on impaired driving and speeding data.
“I’m proud of our ongoing partnership with the GOHS, which continues to help provide the tools necessary to keep our community and its visitors safer on the roadways,” Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said.
As law enforcement partners in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI campaign and the Click It Or Ticket seatbelt campaigns, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols, multi-jurisdictional road checks and sobriety checkpoints.
For more information about the H.E.A.T. program or any other GOHS campaign, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org or call 404-656-6996.
