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11:30 a.m. – Items to Buy or Sell and your calls
11:40 a.m. – Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow about the SAFE initiative (more info below)
11:50 a.m. – Wayne Rowland with Vance County Cooperative Extension about Plant Propagation
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Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow said Monday that he is hopeful his department’s grant application will get funded to beef up his officers’ ability to target alcohol-related traffic offenses in the city.
Barrow was on the WIZS program The Local Skinny and talked with John C. Rose about the SAFE initiative, which, if funded, would allow police officers to target traffic issues like driving while impaired and speeding. SAFE stands for Speed and Alcohol Field Enforcement initiative. The grant request can be up to $49,201, according to information presented to the city council during its February meeting.
The city council gave the go-ahead for Barrow and his department to apply for the grant, offered by the NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program. The department applied last year, but did not receive the grant. This year, Barrow said, department officials consulted with folks at the state level to understand better what a successful grant would look like. “I think we’ve got a better shot this year,” Barrow said. “I’m hoping that we get it.”
If the police department is awarded the grant, the funds would be used to pay for overtime and equipment for a SAFE unit, whose mission would be to focus on reducing traffic accidents and fatalities, Barrow said.
He said he and his department are very lucky to receive a good bit of funding from grants. “If we see something that is attainable,” we go for it.”