The Tennessee Highway Safety Office is distributing $25 million in federal grants across the state for highway safety education and enforcement.
The grants were awarded to law enforcement agencies and highway safety partners across the Volunteer State.
Here’s what each agency was granted across the Tennessee Valley and how those funds will be used:
Pikeville Police Department—High Visibility Enforcement: $5,000
Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department Emergency Medical Services—Extrication Equipment: $12,500
Hamilton County
Chattanooga Police Department Police—Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $176,000
Collegedale Police Department Police—Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $24,000
East Ridge Police Department—High Visibility Enforcement: $5,000
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office—Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $100,000
Lookout Mtn. Police Department—High Visibility Enforcement”: $5,000
Red Bank Police Department—Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $29,998.05
Signal Centers Family Forward—Child Passenger Safety & Occupant Protection: $25,000
Signal Mountain Police Department—Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $15,000
Soddy-Daisy Police Department—Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $20,000
Tennessee District Attorney General, 11th Judicial District—DUI Prosecution: $451,000
Marion County
Marion County Sheriff’s Department—Impaired Driving Enforcement: $32,000
Marion County Sheriff’s Department—Police Traffic Services (Multiple Violations): $20,000
South Pittsburg Police Department—High Visibility Enforcement: $5,000
Sequatchie County
Dunlap Police Department—Impaired Driving Enforcement: $10,000
Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department—Impaired Driving Enforcement: $10,000
The more than 350 federal grants come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Plus, about $3 million in media grants will be used for statewide highway safety education and public awareness campaigns.