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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-06 PACKET 04.B.REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # DATE 02/06/13 • PREPARED BY Public Safety Craig Woolery ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST Pass a motion to accept an incentive award of a Kustom Signal ProLaser III, a value of $2,500, from the Office of Traffic Safety, Department of Public Safety to the city for participating in the October Mobilization Campaign to be used by the patrol division of the police department. - STAFF RECOMMENDATION Pass a motion to accept the award of a Kustom Signal ProLaser III, a value of $2,500, from the Office of Traffic_ Safety,__ Department_ of Public_ Safety_ to the city. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: ❑ MEMORANDUM: Memo from Sgt. Mike Coffey dated January 14, 2013 ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS City Administrator Date COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: ❑ APPROVED ❑ DENIED ❑ OTHER Cottage Grove h ere Pride and VrOs perity Meet To: Director of Public Safety Craig Woolery From: Sergeant Mike Coffey Janua Subject: Large Incentive Award For more than ten years now Cottage Grove Police Officers have participated in a statewide traffic safety initiative. This was originally referred to as the Safe and Sober program. This program has continued to evolve over the years and is now referred to as the "Towards Zero Deaths" (TZD) program. Although some of details of the program have changed, the goal of making our roads safer has remained. The la w e nforce ment po rtion of this program st aggre ssive enforcement of seatbelt, speed and DUI laws - . These driving behaviors - are responsible fora vast majority of the fatalities we see on our roads. This enforcement is primarily done through grant monies provided (by the State) to groups of Agencies working together to promote traffic enforcement. Cottage Grove has been a strong member of the Washington County group. In addition to providing money to allow Officers to work these traffic enforcement details on overtime, the grant also provides incentive awards to individual agencies for their participation. Agencies are awarded incentives for each enforcement wave that they participate in. In the past, we have saved up these "small incentives" to receive items like preliminary breath test units (PBT's) for our squads. This usually takes us about two years to receive one of these. Throughout the year, the State also awards large incentive awards. Ten to twelve of these awards are given out per year Statewide. The agencies are randomly chosen from those who have consistently met all reporting requirements in a timely manner. At the conclusion of the October seatbelt enforcement wave, Cottage Grove was chosen to receive one of these awards. Our police department has received a Kustom Signal Prolaser III laser unit. This speed detection device is valued at over $2,500.00. It will immediately be placed into use and will replace a unit that has been in service for approximately fifteen years. With the addition of this unit, it will enhance the abilities of our Officers to continue to aggressively and proactively enforce our traffic laws. This Towards Zero Death initiative that we participate in has proven to be worth the effort. In 2002, 657 people were killed on Minnesota roadways. This traffic safety program has placed a major role in the reduction of those numbers of people killed. In 2012, the preliminary report shows the number of people killed on the same roads at 378. That is a 43% reduction. That equates to thousands of lives being saved. At this time I am respectively requesting that we accept the large incentive award through the State of Minnesota via The Office of Traffic Safety. Once accepted, this unit will be immediately placed into service. me know i yo�d any other information on r.