Sheriff's Office Awarded Grant For Traffic Safety Equipment

KENDALL COUNTY, IL — The Kendall County Sheriff's Office was recently informed it had been awarded a Traffic Safety grant funded by AAA for traffic safety equipment. The sheriff's office said the grant was applied for on Dec. 18, 2018, which established a special contribution program allowing law enforcement agencies to submit requests for grant assistance to aid in the purchase of traffic safety equipment needed by departments.

A few weeks later on Jan. 9, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office was informed that the team was awarded an $18,000 grant for the purchase of a RADAR speed trailer with a message board, and separate radar speed sign.

Thanks to this grant, the sheriff’s office said it will be purchasing from All Traffic Solutions the following:

• An ATS5 Speed Alert 24 RADAR speed and messaging trailer
• A Shield 12 portable RADAR speed display sign.

The sheriff's office said when deployed, the portability of The Speed Alert 24 RADAR speed and messaging trailer will allow law enforcement to provide immediate information to the motoring public regarding accidents, reasons for road closures, detours and dangerous roadway conditions.

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The messaging capabilities of the trailer will also allow the sheriff’s office to notify the public of upcoming traffic related incidents and various other information for drivers on Kendall County highways and roadways.

"This grant award will allow the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office to purchase equipment that will assist the Sheriff’s Office in our mission to enhance public safety on our roadways," Sheriff Dwight Baird said, in a release. Deputies will be aided by promoting voluntary speed limit compliance from motorists and with obtaining critical data collection such as vehicle speeds and traffic volume counts on roadways within Kendall County. This traffic data allows the Sheriff’s Office to better allocate appropriate resources to problematic traffic areas throughout the county to reduce speed limit violations, promote safer roadways, and reduce speed related traffic crashes.”

The Kendall County Sheriff's Office was named number one when it comes to traffic safety in the 2016/2017 Illinois Traffic Challenge during August 2017. The department competed in the challenge, a friendly competition between law enforcement departments across the state that focuses on improving practices for improving occupant protection and reducing speeding and impaired driving.

Picture and info. provided by the Kendall County Sheriff's Office: (From left to right are Sheriff Dwight A. Baird, Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder, Charlene Sligting (spokesperson from AAA), Sgt. Mark Bunting, and Commander Jason Langston).