The Cherokee County Board has authorized the Sheriff’s Office to apply for a $265,640 grant to go after aggressive drivers.
The county participated in the Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic program of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety from fiscal 2006 to 2011, according to a staff report. The sheriff wants to apply for a fiscal 2017 grant.
“This program will assign a unit of three full-time deputies to combat impaired and aggressive drivers,” staff said. The grant would pay for the purchase of three new vehicles, equipped with the latest technology, and pay the salaries of two of the three deputies.
There is no required local match the first year. If renewed, the county match would be 20 to 50 percent and made up of the already budgeted salary for the third deputy; it would be an in-kind match and would not require additional cash from the county, according to staff.
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