News Release
Ventura, Calif. — The Ventura Police Department proudly announces that it secured a $228,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to bolster life-saving enforcement and education-based activities. This grant allows officers to actively champion safe driving practices, empower cyclists and pedestrians to navigate roads with confidence, and deliver vital education on the significance of road sharing.
“Receiving this grant funding is critical to the success of our outreach programs and the safety of our community,” said Corporal David Curtis. “With this funding, we can continue to enforce important traffic safety laws, deter driving under the influence, and create an environment where everyone feels safe traveling. We can truly save lives.”
Grant funds will support a variety of activities focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety:
- DUI checkpoints and patrols focused on stopping 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, bicycle and pedestrian safety.
- Officer training and/or recertification: Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).
“Everyone deserves a safe environment to travel, regardless of how people get to places,” OTS Director Barbara Rooney said. “The safety of people walking and biking on our roads is a high priority. Education plays a pivotal role in creating a strong road safety culture that prioritizes traffic safety, especially for our most vulnerable road users.”
The grant program will run through September 2024.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DUI checkpoints are unconstitutional. People became sheeple. For the promised Safety they are willing to give up theur freedoms,
Wow, a liberal perspective in these comments! Finally!!
Thanks for being a good person, Rostyslav, instead of being a conservative POS like most of the posters here.
M. Obama: I disagree with your false statements. DUI checkpoints are clearly a violation of US Constitution’s 4th amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. Between liberals and conservatives, which group respects the constitution more? It’s not even close! GTFOOH
Who respects the Constitution more?? Have you seen the GOP soar LOSERS trying to UNCONSTITUTIONALLY retain power against the will of the People?
I pray for your soul.
I hope you are never facing headlights coming at you from the wrong direction on the 101 sometime after midnight. Drunk drivers are a dangerous menace and these constitutional arguments are really silly when considering dangerous drunks and the havoc they pose to everyone.
Here we go again Chipotle Charlie – fear is a motivator for loosing freedom.
In regards to drunk drivers, I will trade some small inconveniences for public safety. Drunk drivers are too random, too dangerous.
No. Bad. Terrible. The police can and should focus their efforts on motorists that show signs of intoxication. Stopping EVERYONE is the exact opposite of ‘presumption of innocence until guilt is proven.’