Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a grant of slightly more than $222,000 to provide training on traffic safety issues to prosecutors and local law enforcement officers throughout the state.
The Alabama Office of Prosecution Services will use the grant to maintain the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Grant program. The program provides a veteran prosecutor to train and help district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and law enforcement with traffic safety-related cases. The program also has the goal of developing strategies to reduce injuries and fatalities caused by impaired driving.
“Cases that involve impaired and distracted driving are often complex and can put a strain on district attorney’s offices still dealing with a backlog of cases due to the COVID pandemic,” Gov. Ivey said. “This program will help prosecutors handle these cases in a timely manner and help make our roads safer.”
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grant from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
“Alabama experiences too many fatal crashes caused by impaired driving,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said. “I join Gov. Ivey in support of this program in its goal to ensure these cases are properly prosecuted.”
ADECA administers a wide range of programs that support law enforcement, victim programs, economic development, water resource management, energy conservation and recreation.
