Cathedral City Police Department receives grant to increase safety through traffic enforcement
Kendall Flynn
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.