Soledad Police Receive Grant To Help Keep Drivers Safe - Central Coast News KION/KCBA

SOLEDAD, Calif. - The Soledad Police Department has been awarded a $25,000 grant for a year-long program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on the road.

Police say the grant, from the California Office of Traffic Safety, will help fund the following activities:

• Specialized DUI and drugged driving training such as Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, and Drug Recognition Evaluator.
• DUI saturation patrols
• Distracted driving enforcement
  

Funding for this program is from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.