DATE: November 6, 2024
SUBJECT: 2025 Grant Kick-Off
CONTACT: Mike Gens, Sergeant
(805) 385-7847 (Tue-Fri 7AM-5PM) | michael.gens@oxnardpd.org
Office of Traffic Safety Awards $495,000.00 Grant to the Oxnard Police Department for Traffic Enforcement Program to Increase Safety on Roads
Oxnard, Calif. – The Oxnard Police Department announced today that it has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on our roads. The grant program runs through September 2025.
Oxnard Police Chief Jason Benites stated, “This grant will allow us to continue to prioritize our efforts, using education and enforcement, to focus on serious factors such as speeding, distracted driving and impaired driving. It remains one of our main goals to continue keeping Oxnard drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians safe.”
The grant will provide additional programs and resources, including:
· DUI checkpoints and patrols focused on stopping suspected impaired drivers.
· High-visibility distracted driving enforcement operations targeting drivers in violation of California’s hands-free cell phone law.
· Enforcement operations focused on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk.
· Enforcement operations focused on top violations that cause crashes: speeding, failure to yield, stop sign and/or red-light running, and improper turning or lane changes.
· Community presentations on traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding and bicycle and pedestrian safety.
· Collaborative enforcement efforts with neighboring agencies.
· Officer training and/or recertification: Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).
The grant program will run through September 2025.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration