BRODHEAD - Police Chief Chris Hughes announced the Brodhead Police Department was recently awarded a $10,000 traffic grant by the Wisconsin Bureau of Transportation Safety. The grant will provide for dedicated traffic enforcement patrols and equipment purchases.
BOTS awards these funded initiatives based on a data-driven process that reviews crash data from the previous year to determine what areas of the state have a traffic safety concern. The process determines the causes of traffic crashes such as distracted drivers, alcohol usage, speeding and seat-belt usage.
Due to the number of injury and fatal traffic crashes last year that occurred in Green County and traffic crashes that happened in Brodhead, the department was selected for the grant.
The Brodhead Police Department will be assigning additional officers to run traffic enforcement details between May 1 and Sept. 30. The department also plans to replace their aging squad computers and preliminary breath testers.
BOTS awards these funded initiatives based on a data-driven process that reviews crash data from the previous year to determine what areas of the state have a traffic safety concern. The process determines the causes of traffic crashes such as distracted drivers, alcohol usage, speeding and seat-belt usage.
Due to the number of injury and fatal traffic crashes last year that occurred in Green County and traffic crashes that happened in Brodhead, the department was selected for the grant.
The Brodhead Police Department will be assigning additional officers to run traffic enforcement details between May 1 and Sept. 30. The department also plans to replace their aging squad computers and preliminary breath testers.