NORFOLK — Chief Timothy Heinz is pleased to share that the Norfolk Police Department has been awarded $19,430.48 in state grant funding to improve road safety.
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded more than $12.4 million in funding through the Municipal Road Safety, State Agency Traffic Safety and Underserved Communities Traffic Safety Grant Programs.
The Norfolk Police Department received funding through the Municipal Road Grant Safety Program. The funding will allow departments to afford road safety initiatives such as traffic safety enforcement, bicyclist and pedestrian safety enforcement, non-enforcement activities such as training or community events and the purchase of traffic safety equipment or other community safety items.
Norfolk Police plan to use the grant to run multiple traffic enforcement campaigns during the year — winter impaired driving, distracted driving, seat belt enforcement, speeding and summer impaired driving. A portion of the grant will also be used for traffic control equipment and training.
“This grant money will allow Norfolk Police to conduct important additional traffic enforcement,” Chief Heinz said. “These initiatives will have a positive impact on the safety of our roads for all users.”
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