The Galesburg Police Department has received federal funds to beef up road safety efforts in the next year.
2023 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program focuses on increasing the visibility of police officers during specific times of the day when alcohol-involved and unbuckled fatalities are at their highest.
“We’re pleased to receive this grant to step up our road safety efforts with the goal of saving lives,” said Lieutenant Steffanie Cromien. “Our mission is to make travel safer through directed, proactive patrols and to stop, cite and arrest those who choose to violate traffic laws.”
The STEP program focuses on high-visibility enforcement and strategies aimed at saving lives and preventing injuries by reducing traffic crashes. The supplemental efforts will focus on the leading contributory causes of crashes: speeding, impaired driving, electronic device use, failure to yield, and disobeying traffic control signals, as well as occupant restraint violations.
During the STEP grant year, which began on October 1st and runs through September 30th, Galesburg police officers will conduct additional enforcement efforts to supplement mandatory and optional campaign enforcement dates during some of the deadliest times of the year.
STEP requires participation in the Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Years’, St. Patrick’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day Campaigns. Optional weekend campaigns include Halloween and Super Bowl.
The STEP grant is funded by federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
