SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The
California Highway Patrol (CHP) today announced more than $12 million in grant
funding will be awarded to 45 California law enforcement agencies, crime
laboratories, and nonprofit organizations to help address the dangers of
driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
The grants are the result
of Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act,
which tasked the CHP with administering grants for education, prevention, and
enforcement programs to help communities combat impaired driving. Money is also available to crime laboratories
conducting forensic toxicology testing.
Funding for the grants comes from a tax on the cultivation and sale of
cannabis and cannabis products sold in California.
“These grant funds go
beyond impaired driving enforcement efforts.
Money will be used to support education, training, and outreach in
communities throughout California,” said CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray. “This is an opportunity to work with various
traffic safety stakeholders to help make California’s roadways safer for all
who use them.”
Thirty recipients of law enforcement
grants will use funds to address impaired driving within their
communities. In addition to traditional
impaired driving enforcement, funds will also be used for drug recognition evaluator
training to enhance their respective agency’s ability to detect impaired
drivers. Additionally, funding will
allow for public outreach campaigns, including educational presentations and
community events.
Listed below are the law enforcement
grant recipients for state fiscal year 2022-2023, which begins July 1:
- Anaheim Police
Department
- Berkeley Police
Department
- Brea Police
Department
- City of Corona
Police Department
- City of Fullerton
Police Department
- City of Glendale
Police Department
- City of Parlier
Police Department
- Del Rey Oaks
Police Department
- El Cajon Police
Department
- Hanford Police
Department
- Imperial County
Sheriff’s Office
- Indio Police
Department
- Irvine Police
Department
- Lincoln Police Department
- Los Angeles
Police Department
- Manteca Police
Department
- Marysville Police
Department
- Monterey Park
Police Department
- Orange Police
Department
- Oxnard Police
Department
- Pittsburg Police
Department
- Riverside Police
Department
- San Diego Police
Department
- San Mateo Police
Department
- Shasta County
Sheriff's Office
- Simi Valley
Police Department
- Stanislaus County
Sheriff's Department
- Stockton Police
Department
- Tracy Police
Department
- Ventura County Sheriff's
Office
Three recipients of education
grants will use funds to teach local communities about impaired driving laws,
while highlighting the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or
drugs.
Below are the education
grant recipients for state fiscal year 2022-2023:
- Indio Police
Department
- Sacramento County
District Attorney Laboratory of Forensic Services, Arrive Alive
- Tulare County
Office of Education, Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving
Eleven recipients of
two-year toxicology crime laboratories grants will use funds to eliminate
backlogs in the analysis of forensic science evidence and to purchase and/or
upgrade laboratory equipment to improve testing capabilities.
Below are toxicology crime
laboratory grant recipients for state fiscal years 2022-2024:
- Contra Costa
County, Office of the Sheriff, Forensic Services Division
- County of Solano District
Attorney's Office
- Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department
- Los Angeles
Police Department
- Oakland Police
Department Crime Lab
- Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner, City and County of San Francisco
- Orange County (CA)
Crime Laboratory
- Sacramento County
District Attorney Crime Lab
- San Mateo County
Sheriff's Office Forensic Laboratory
- Santa Clara County
District Attorney's Office
- Ventura County
Forensic Services Bureau
One recipient of a two-year
toxicology medical examiners/coroner’s office grant will use funds to help improve
and advance the data collection in cases involving driving under the influence
of alcohol and/or drugs.
Below is the medical examiners/coroner’s
office grant recipient for state fiscal years 2022-2024:
- Riverside County
Sheriff's Department
The application process for
future grant funding is expected to open again in early 2023. Additional information is available on the
CHP Web site, at CHP’s
Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program.
The mission of the CHP is to
provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security.
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