Cathedral City Police Department receives grant to increase safety through traffic enforcement
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Cathedral City Police Department announced Monday they received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for $55,000 to continue enforcement and education programs to increase safety in the city. The department said in a release the grant is to specifically help "reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on our roads."
The grant will provide additional programs 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
- 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 last through September 2026.
Stay with News Channel 3 to hear from officials on why this grant is necessary in Cathedral City and what safety concerns they have prompting the application.
