The Galesburg Police Department was awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant to conduct additional traffic safety enforcement efforts. The STEP program focuses on high-visibility enforcement and strategies aimed at saving lives and preventing injuries by reducing traffic crashes. From September 20th to September 30th the Galesburg Police Department will be focusing on child passenger safety.
“We’re pleased to receive this grant to step up our road safety efforts with the goal of saving lives,” said Lt. Bryan Anderson. “Our mission is to make travel safer through directed, proactive patrols and to stop, cite, and arrest those who choose to violate traffic laws.”
During the STEP grant year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, the Galesburg Police Department hasconducted additional enforcement efforts to supplement mandatory and optional campaign enforcement dates scheduled during some of the deadliest times of the year.
Additional efforts have focused on the leading contributory causes of crashes: speeding, impaired driving, electronic device use, failure to yield and disobeying traffic control signals, as well as occupant restraint violations. The final campaign for this grant year is focused on ensuring children are properly secured in child safety seats.
The STEP grant is funded by federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
***Courtesy of the City of Galesburg***
