The Lake Havasu City Police Department was awarded two grants totaling $43,319.00 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) to increase traffic enforcement operations and provide officers with additional equipment for enhanced traffic enforcement, training, and accident investigation. This will be for the 2024-2025 federal fiscal year, from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025.

This Selective Traffic Enforcement Program or S.T.E.P. Grant totaling $40,292.00 will provide the Lake Havasu City Police Department with the ability to increase traffic enforcement capabilities by assigning personnel on overtime to concentrate on speed enforcement activities with the use of directional radar devices. This includes adding three Stalker Lidar and two Duel Directional radar systems.

Additionally, the Lake Havasu City Police Department was awarded $3,072.00, which will provide funds to allow officers to receive accident investigation training and purchase additional equipment to assist with accident investigations.

The goal is to reduce the number of speeding-related crashes, traffic fatalities, and injuries resulting from speeding, aggressive driving, red-light running, and other forms of risky driving behavior. 

The Lake Havasu City Police Department looks to make our community streets safer for all motorists through enforcement, education, and public awareness. Traffic safety is one of the most frequent concerns the police department hears from the community.

As part of the grant safety contract, the police department must regularly maintain and submit statistics to the GOHS.