Newnan Police awarded High Visibility Enforcement grant | News

High Visibility Enforcement combines highly visible and proactive law enforcement to target a specific traffic safety issue. It targets unlawful and dangerous driving behaviors that contribute to crashes resulting in fatal and serious injuries.

Law enforcement efforts are combined with visibility elements and public notification on the enforcement campaign to educate the public on traffic safety and promote voluntary compliance with the law.

Newnan Police Chief Brent Blankenship said he is “deeply grateful” his department was awarded the grant.

“We are honored to partner with GOHS to provide further traffic safety and enforcement to slow down drivers and keep the community safe on our roads,” he said. “It is always our department’s goal to reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities in the city of Newnan. This partnership is a collaborative effort with GOHS and other agencies to make a positive impact, not only in Newnan, but throughout the entire state of Georgia.”

As law enforcement partners in the Operation Zero Tolerance DUI and Click It or Ticket seatbelt

campaigns, the Newnan Police Department will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols and multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoints.

“The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and our partners continue to implement programs designed to save lives and promote safe driving behaviors,” said the office’s director, Allen Poole. “We can ask everyone to help our state and…