GCPD Awarded $146,108 Grant for Local DUI Enforcement
The Glynn County Police Department (GCPD) is one of 32 Georgia law enforcement agencies to receive a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (H.E.A.T.) grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The grant began on October 1, 2026 and ends on September 30, 2027.
GCPD’s award totals $146,108 and the GCPD H.E.A.T Unit will use the grant to develop and implement strategies to reduce local traffic crashes due to aggressive and dangerous driving behaviors.
The goal of the H.E.A.T. program is to combat crashes, injuries and fatalities caused by impaired driving and speeding, while also increasing seat belt use and educating the public about traffic safety and the dangers of DUI.
“Crash data shows enforcement and education of traffic laws are two of most effective countermeasures to help our state and nation reduce crashes and eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” said Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “Each life saved on our roads is one less family that will have to live with the pain of losing a loved one whose life was taken from them in a traffic crash that was preventable”
H.E.A.T. grants fund specialized traffic enforcement units in counties throughout the state. The program was designed to assist Georgia jurisdictions with the highest rates of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities with grants awarded based on impaired driving and speeding data.
“This grant strengthens our ongoing commitment to keeping Glynn County’s roads safe,” said GCPD Chief Bryan Sipe. “The H.E.A.T. program allows our officers to focus on the dangerous driving behaviors that lead to the most serious crashes. With support from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, we can expand both enforcement and education efforts to prevent impaired driving, reduce speeding, and ultimately save lives in our community.”
As law enforcement partners in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI campaign and the Click It Or Ticket seatbelt campaigns, the GCPD will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols, multi-jurisdictional roadchecks and sobriety checkpoints.
For more information about the H.E.A.T. program or any other GOHS campaign, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org or call 404-656-6996. You can also visit the Glynn County Police Department section of www.GlynnCounty.org.
