Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Awarded Nearly $85k for Traffic Safety Enforcement

Lake Charles – On April 20, 2022, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office announced that the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission has awarded the CPSO nearly $85,000 in grant funding to conduct additional traffic safety enforcement activities throughout the year in order to reduce traffic crashes and the resulting serious injuries and fatalities.

The grant will be used to place off-duty deputies on the roads to enforce traffic laws pertaining to seatbelts, drinking and driving, underage drinking and driving, and speeding. To enforce these laws, the Sheriff’s Office will use checkpoints and saturation patrol.

“We are very pleased to continue to receive this grant over the years, which allows us to have more patrol deputies on the road enforcing traffic laws that will help to keep our citizens safe,” says Sheriff Tony Mancuso. “Research shows that high-visibility enforcement can reduce fatalities by as much as 20 percent. We will be looking for, and arresting or ticketing, those violators that make it dangerous for the law-abiding drivers.”

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office will take part in a number of special nationwide enforcement campaigns, including “Click It or Ticket,” “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” and “Buckle Up In Your Truck.” These special enforcement campaigns will be carried out until September 30, 2022.