Governor´s Highway Safety Office Awards Hundreds of Law Enforcement Grants
Sunday, August 27, 2006 | 06:00pm
High visibility grants to support seatbelt and sober driving campaigns
Nashville, Tenn. – The Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) announced today that the state will fund High Visibility Law Enforcement Grants to 317 agencies across Tennessee. These campaigns will focus on seat belt safety and alcohol countermeasure programs.
A statewide request for applications was issued to all law enforcement agencies throughout Tennessee to conduct High Visibility Law Enforcement Campaigns during the period of October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007. Each agency that applied is receiving a grant up to $5,000 for a total of $1.5 million in funding. These campaigns will be federally funded through the Tennessee GHSO.
“Impaired driving is the most frequently committed violent crime in the state,” said Governor Bredesen, when approving the grants earlier this month. “Someone dies in an alcohol related crash every 28 hours. I am proud that we are able to fund these enforcement campaigns to save lives on Tennessee roadways.”
“The population in our great state continues to grow by leaps and bounds,” said Chairman Phillip Pinion, House Transportation Committee. “We must be diligent in our duties to keep Tennesseans safe on our roadways that are becoming more and more crowded.”
“I’m happy the state is able to support our local communities and law enforcement agencies through this special grant program,” reported House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh.
“This program will make a difference, I believe, for many people because it will touch so many communities across the state,” said Lieutenant Governor John Wilder.
“These high visibility grants will translate into lives saved,” stated Commissioner Gerald Nicely, Tennessee Department of Transportation. “These grants will make a difference in the day to day safety of Tennesseans.”
“High visibility law enforcement grants will achieve measurable results because law enforcement agencies must make a concerted effort to conduct and participate in sobriety checkpoints, will partner with law enforcement liaison networks, and be involved in other activities that promote highway safety,” added GHSO Director Kendell Poole. Poole explained that each agency will submit data including number of hours officers participate, number of citations and arrests for DUI, seatbelts, speed and misdemeanor and felony charges. The data collected will be transferred to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Governor’s Highway Safety Office will continue to search for innovative ways to drive the fatality rates down.
The agencies receiving the High Visibility Grants are as follows:
| Adamsville Police Department | McNairy | West |
| Alamo Police Department | Crockett | West |
| Alcoa Police Department | Blount | East |
| Alexandria Police Department | DeKalb | Cumberland |
| Anderson County Sheriff’s Department | Anderson | East |
| Ardmore Police Department | Giles | Middle |
| Ashland City Police Department | Cheatham | Middle |
| Athens Police Department | McMinn | Cumberland |
| Atoka Police Department | Tipton | West |
| Austin Peay State University Police Department | Montgomery | Middle |
| Baileyton Police Department | Greene | East |
| Bartlett Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Baxter Police Department | Putnam | Cumberland |
| Benton County Sheriff’s Department | Benton | West |
| Benton Police Department | Polk | Cumberland |
| Berry Hill Police Department | Davidson | Middle |
| Bicentennial Mall State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Big Cypress Tree State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Big Hill Pond State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Big Ridge State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department | Bledsoe | Cumberland |
| Bledsoe Creek State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Blount County Sheriff’s Department | Blount | East |
| Bluff City Police Department | Sullivan | East |
| Bolivar Police Department | Hardeman | West |
| Booker T Washington State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Bradley County Sheriff’s Department | Bradley | Cumberland |
| Brighton Police Department | Tipton | West |
| Bristol Police Department | Sullivan | East |
| Brownsville Police Department | Haywood | West |
| Burgess Falls State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Burns Police Department | Dickson | Middle |
| Calhoun Police Department | McMinn | Cumberland |
| Cannon County Sheriff’s Department | Cannon | Cumberland |
| Carter County Sheriff’s Department | Carter | East |
| Carthage Police Department | Smith | Cumberland |
| Cedars of Lebanon State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Celina Police Department | Clay | Cumberland |
| Centerville Police Department | Hickman | Middle |
| Chapel Hill Police Department | Marshall | Middle |
| Chattanooga Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Cheatham County Sheriff’s Department | Cheatham | Middle |
| Chickasaw State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Church Hill Public Safety | Hawkins | East |
| Clarksville Police Department | Montgomery | Middle |
| Clay County Sheriff’s Department | Clay | Cumberland |
| Cleveland Police Department | Bradley | Cumberland |
| Clinton Police Department | Anderson | East |
| Cocke County Sheriff’s Department | Cocke | East |
| Coffee County Sheriff’s Department | Coffee | Cumberland |
| Collegedale Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Collierville Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Collinwood Police Department | Wayne | Middle |
| Columbia Police Department | Maury | Middle |
| Cookeville Police Department | Putnam | Cumberland |
| Coopertown Police Department | Robertson | Middle |
| Copperhill Police Department | Polk | Cumberland |
| Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Cove Lake State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Covington Police Department | Tipton | West |
| Cowan Police Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Crockett County Sheriff’s Department | Crockett | West |
| Crossville Police Department | Cumberland | Cumberland |
| Crump Police Department | Hardin | West |
| Cumberland City Police Department | Stewart | Middle |
| Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department | Cumberland | Cumberland |
| Cumberland Gap Police Department | Claiborne | East |
| Cumberland Mountain State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Cumberland Trail State Park | THP-Parks | |
| David Crockett State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Dayton Police Department | Rhea | Cumberland |
| Decherd Police Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Dickson Police Department | Dickson | Middle |
| Dover Police Department | Stewart | Middle |
| Dresden Police Department | Weakley | West |
| Dunbar Cave State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Dunlap Police Department | Sequatchie | Cumberland |
| Dyer County Sheriff’s Department | Dyer | West |
| Dyersburg Police Department | Dyer | West |
| East Ridge Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| East TN Safety & Security - State Parks | THP-Parks | |
| Edgar Evins State Parks | THP-Parks | |
| Elizabethton Police Department | Carter | East |
| Elkton Police Department | Giles | Middle |
| Englewood Police Department | McMinn | Cumberland |
| Erin Police Department | Houston | Middle |
| Erwin Police Department | Unicoi | East |
| Estill Springs Police Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Ethridge Police Department | Lawrence | Middle |
| Etowah Police Department | McMinn | Cumberland |
| ETSU‚ Department of Public Safety | Washington | East |
| Fairview Police Department | Williamson | Middle |
| Fall Creek Falls State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Fentress County Sheriff’s Department | Fentress | Cumberland |
| Fort Loudoun State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Fort Pillow State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Franklin County Communications/911 | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Franklin County Sheriff’s Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Franklin Police Department | Williamson | Middle |
| Friendship Police Department | Crockett | West |
| Frozen Head State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Gadsden Police Department | Crockett | West |
| Gallatin Police Department | Sumner | Middle |
| Gallaway Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Germantown Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Gibson Police Department | Gibson | West |
| Giles County Sheriff’s Department | Giles | Middle |
| Gleason Police Department | Weakley | West |
| Gordonsville Police Department | Smith | Cumberland |
| Grainger County Sheriff’s Department | Grainger | East |
| Grand Junction Police Department | Hardeman | West |
| Graysville Police Department | Rhea | Cumberland |
| Greene County Sheriff’s Department | Greene | East |
| Greeneville Police Department | Greene | East |
| Grundy County Sheriff’s Department | Grundy | Cumberland |
| Halls Police Department | Lauderdale | West |
| Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Hancock County Sheriff’s Department | Hancock | East |
| Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department | Hardeman | West |
| Harrison Bay State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Hawkins County Sheriff’s Department | Hawkins | East |
| Haywood County Sheriff’s Department | Haywood | West |
| Henderson County Sheriff’s Department | Henderson | West |
| Henderson Police Department | Chester | West |
| Henry County Sheriff’s Department | Henry | West |
| Henry Horton State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Henry Police Department | Henry | West |
| Hickman County Sheriff’s Department | Hickman | Middle |
| Hiwassee Ocoee State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Hohenwald Police Department | Lewis | Middle |
| Hollow Rock Police Department | Carroll | West |
| Hornbeak Police Department | Obion | West |
| Humphreys County Sheriff’s Department | Humphreys | Middle |
| Huntingdon Police Department | Carroll | West |
| Huntland Police Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Indian Mountain State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Jackson County Sheriff’s Department | Jackson | Cumberland |
| Jackson Police Department | Madison | West |
| Jamestown Police Department | Fentress | Cumberland |
| Jefferson City Police Department | Jefferson | East |
| Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department | Jefferson | East |
| Jellico Police Department | Campbell | East |
| Johnson City Police Department | Washington | East |
| Johnson County Sheriff’s Department | Johnson | East |
| Johnsonville State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Jonesborough Police Department | Washington | East |
| Kimball Police Department | Marion | Cumberland |
| Kingsport Police Department | Sullivan | East |
| Kingston Police Department | Roane | East |
| Lafayette Police Department | Macon | Cumberland |
| LaFollette Police Department | Campbell | East |
| LaGrange Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Lakewood Police Department | Davidson | Middle |
| LaVergne Police Department | Rutherford | Middle |
| Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department | Lawrence | Middle |
| Lawrenceburg Police Department | Lawrence | Middle |
| Lebanon Police Department | Wilson | Middle |
| Lenoir City Police Department | Loudon | East |
| Lewis County Sheriff’s Department | Lewis | Middle |
| Lexington Police Department | Henderson | West |
| Livingston Police Department | Overton | Cumberland |
| Long Hunter State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Lookout Mtn. Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Loretto Police Department | Lawrence | Middle |
| Loudon Police Department | Loudon | East |
| Lynnville Police Department | Giles | Middle |
| Macon County Sheriff’s Department | Macon | Cumberland |
| Madison County Sheriff’s Department | Madison | West |
| Madisonville Police Department | Monroe | East |
| Manchester Police Department | Coffee | Cumberland |
| Marion County Sheriff’s Department | Marion | Cumberland |
| Martin Police Department | Weakley | West |
| Maryville Police Department | Blount | East |
| Mason Police Department | Tipton | West |
| Maury City Police Department | Crockett | West |
| Maury County Sheriff’s Department | Maury | Middle |
| Maynardville Police Department | Union | East |
| McEwen Police Department | Humphreys | Middle |
| McKenzie Police Department | Carroll | West |
| McMinn County Sheriff’s Department | McMinn | Cumberland |
| McMinnville Police Department | Warren | Cumberland |
| McNairy County Sheriff’s Department | McNairy | West |
| Medina Police Department | Gibson | West |
| Meeman Shelby State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Memphis Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Rutherford | Middle |
| Middle TN Safety & Security - State Parks | THP-Parks | |
| Middleton Police Department | Hardeman | West |
| Millersville Police Department | Sumner | Middle |
| Millington Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Minor Hill Police Department | Giles | Middle |
| Monteagle Police Department | Grundy | Cumberland |
| Monterey Police Department | Putnam | Cumberland |
| Montgmery Bell State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department | Montgomery | Middle |
| Morristown Police Department | Hamblen | East |
| Moscow Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Mount Carmel Police Department | Hawkins | East |
| Mount Pleasant Police Department | Maury | Middle |
| Mountain City Police Department | Johnson | East |
| Mousetail Landing State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Mt. Juliet Police Department | Wilson | Middle |
| Munford Police Department | Tipton | West |
| Nashville Metropolitian Park Police Department | Davidson | Middle |
| Natchez Trace State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park | THP-Parks | |
| New Johnsonville Police Department | Humphreys | Middle |
| New Tazewell Police Department | Claiborne | East |
| Newport Police Department | Cocke | East |
| Nolensville Police Department | Williamson | Middle |
| Norris Dam State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Norris Police Department | Anderson | East |
| Oak Ridge Police Department | Anderson | East |
| Oakland Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Old Stone Fort State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Oliver Springs Police Department | Roane | East |
| Panther Creek State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Paris Landing State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Paris Police Department | Henry | West |
| Perry County Sheriff’s Department | Perry | Middle |
| Petersburg Police Department | Marshall | Middle |
| Pickett State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Pickwick Landing State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Pigeon Forge Police Department | Sevier | East |
| Pikeville Police Department | Bledsoe | Cumberland |
| Pinson Mounds State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Piperton Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Pleasant View Police Department | Cheatham | Middle |
| Polk County Sheriff’s Department | Polk | Cumberland |
| Port Royal State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Powells Crossroads Police Department | Marion | Cumberland |
| Pulaski Police Department | Giles | Middle |
| Puryear Police Department | Henry | West |
| Putnam County Sheriff’s Department | Putnam | Cumberland |
| Radnor Lake State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Red Bank Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Red Clay State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Reelfoot Lake State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Rhea County Sheriff’s Department | Rhea | Cumberland |
| Ridgetop Police Department | Robertson | Middle |
| Ripley Police Department | Lauderdale | West |
| Roan Mountain State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Roane County Sheriff’s Department | Roane | East |
| Robertson County Sheriff’s Department | Robertson | Middle |
| Rock Island State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Rossville Police Department | Fayette | West |
| Rutherford Police Department | Gibson | West |
| Saint Joseph Police Department | Lawrence | Middle |
| Selmer Police Department | McNairy | West |
| Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department | Sequatchie | Cumberland |
| Sergeant Alvin C York Birthplace State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Sevier County Sheriff’s Department | Sevier | East |
| Sevierville Police Department | Sevier | East |
| Sharon Police Department | Weakley | West |
| Shelby County Sheriff’s Department | Shelby | West |
| Shelbyville Police Department | Bedford | Middle |
| Signal Mtn. Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Smith County Sheriff’s Department | Smith | Cumberland |
| Smithville Police Department | DeKalb | Cumberland |
| Smyrna Police Department | Rutherford | Middle |
| Soddy-Daisy Police Department | Hamilton | Cumberland |
| Somerville Police Department | Fayette | West |
| South Cumberland State Park | THP-Parks | |
| South Fulton Police Department | Obion | West |
| South Pittsburg Police Department | Marion | Cumberland |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Sparta Police Department | White | Cumberland |
| Spencer Police Department | Van Buren | Cumberland |
| Spring City Police Department | Rhea | Cumberland |
| Spring Hill Police Department | Maury | Middle |
| Standing Stone State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department | Sullivan | East |
| Sumner County Sheriff’s Department | Sumner | Middle |
| Surgoinsville Police Department | Hawkins | East |
| Sweetwater Police Department | Monroe | East |
| Sycamore Shoals State Park | THP-Parks | |
| T O Fuller State Park | THP-Parks | |
| THP 10th District | Greene | THP-Parks |
| THP 2nd District | Hamilton | THP-Parks |
| THP 4th District | Shelby | THP-Parks |
| THP 6th District | Putnam | THP-Parks |
| THP 7th District | Lawrence | THP-Parks |
| Tims Ford State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Tipton County Sheriff’s Department | Tipton | West |
| Toone Police Department | Hardeman | West |
| Tracy City Police Department | Grundy | Cumberland |
| Trenton Police Department | Gibson | West |
| Tri-Cities Regional Airport Public Safety | Sullivan | East |
| Trousdale County Sheriff’s Department | Trousdale | Cumberland |
| Tullahoma Police Department | Coffee | Cumberland |
| Tusculum Police Department | Greene | East |
| Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department | Unicoi | East |
| Union City Police Department | Obion | West |
| Union County Sheriff’s Department | Union | East |
| University of Memphis Police Department | Shelby | West |
| Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department | Van Buren | Cumberland |
| Vanderbilt University Police Department | Davidson | Middle |
| Vonore Police Department | Monroe | East |
| Walters State Campus Police | Hamblen | East |
| Warren County Sheriff’s Department | Warren | Cumberland |
| Warriors Path State Park | THP-Parks | |
| Washington County Sheriff’s Department | Washington | East |
| Watertown Police Department | Wilson | Middle |
| Waverly Police Department | Humphreys | Middle |
| Waynesboro Police Department | Wayne | Middle |
| Weakley County Sheriff’s Department | Weakley | West |
| West TN Safety & Security - State Parks | THP-Parks | |
| Westmoreland Police Department | Sumner | Middle |
| White Bluff Police Department | Dickson | Middle |
| White House Police Department | Sumner | Middle |
| Whiteville Police Department | Hardeman | West |
| Whitwell Police Department | Marion | Cumberland |
| Williamson County Sheriff’s Department | Williamson | Middle |
| Wilson County Sheriff’s Department | Wilson | Middle |
| Winchester Police Department | Franklin | Cumberland |
| Woodbury Police Department | Cannon | Cumberland |