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Authorities accept $500K grant for traffic enforcement
Funds will pay for cars, personnel for Hall County Sheriff's Office, Gainesville Police
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Governor's Office of Highway Safety Communications Manager Robert Hydrick waits with a big check Thursday afternoon at the Hall County Sheriff's Office headquarters as GOHS Director Harris Blackwood speaks. The Gainesville Police Department and the Hall County Sheriff's Office received funds from the GOHS to support the Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant.
Three more officers will be enforcing traffic laws in decked-out cars as the first step of an estimated $500,000 grant program targeting traffic fatalities. Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood presented a big check for $250,000 to Gainesville Police Chief Carol Martin and Hall County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Todd Casper. “This is hard to get through the drive-in window at a bank,” Blackwood joked.