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Franklin County receives law enforcement grants

Gov. Kay Ivey's office announced that more than $925,717 in law enforcement grants have been awarded to Franklin County.

The grants are part of the Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Division (LETS) of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, or ADECA.

LETS, in conjunction with the governor, administers federal funding for an array of victims' services, law enforcement, juvenile justice and highway traffic safety programs. LETS staff members manage and monitor the awards throughout the grant period to ensure compliance with all state and federal requirements.

Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow and Sen. Larry Stutts are listed on the grant announcements as primary legislators.

“We greatly appreciate Gov. Ivey's support of local law enforcement demonstrated through the award of these grants,” Morrow said.

The grants include:

•$225,540 to the Franklin County Commission to provide overtime salaries to local law enforcement agencies throughout FY 2018 to conduct high visibility enforcement efforts to uphold the state's DUI laws. This grant is for overtime enforcement.

•$52,780 to the Franklin County Commission to provide overtime salaries to local law enforcement agencies for the Labor Day weekend “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. This high visibility enforcement will take place from August 17 through September 3, 2018. Overtime activities will primarily be conducting patrols and checkpoints focusing on impaired driving.

•$53,720 to the Franklin County Commission for overtime salaries to local law enforcement agencies for the Memorial Day weekend “Click It or Ticket” campaign. This campaign will take place from May 21 to June 3, 2018. These overtime activities will primarily be conducting patrols and checkpoints focusing on seatbelt enforcement.

•$155,000 to the Franklin County Commission. The North Alabama Highway Safety Office will continue implementation of the Child Passenger Safety program. The program will provide funds so that additional training of NHTSA approved programs will continue to be available to each of the state's Community Traffic Safety Programs districts. The goal is to have more child restraint technicians available. By training more technicians, the goal is to educate parents as to the proper installation of car safety seats for children.

•$182,837.72 to the Franklin County Commission. This Community Traffic Safety Program grant will provide funds for the north region of Alabama through the North Alabama Highway Safety Office and will be used to provide resources and personnel for the coordination of the CTSP in the north region of Alabama and to improve traffic safety and reduce traffic-related crashes, injuries and fatalities.

•$255,840 to the Franklin County Commission for the 402 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). The grant provides overtime salaries to local law enforcement agencies throughout FY 2018 so they may conduct high visibility enforcement efforts such as checkpoints, line and saturation patrols to uphold the state's DUI, seat belt and speeding laws.

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