The Fontana Police Department was awarded a $365,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to fund a program that utilizes education and enforcement initiatives to reduce the number of life-threatening injuries and deaths on Fontana roadways. The grant program will run until September 2025.
“We are grateful to receive this grant, which will strengthen our traffic enforcement efforts and improve road safety,” said Fontana Police Department Chief Michael Dorsey. “By increasing enforcement of traffic laws and focusing on high-risk areas, we aim to reduce dangerous driving behaviors, prevent crashes and make our roads safer for everyone.”
Grant funding will specifically cover facets like DUI checkpoints and patrols, distracted driver enforcement operations, warrant service operations that target DUI offenders who do not make a court appearance, pedestrian, bicycle and motorcycle safety operations, watching out for dangerous driving maneuvers like red light running and officer training that covers standard field sobriety and advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement…