The Irving Police Department was recently approved for a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Comprehensive Grant for fiscal year 2016. The grant will help provide the means to deploy additional officers on Irving’s highways to enforce speeding and seatbelt laws in addition to conducting DWI operations throughout the city. This year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will contribute $165,104 towards the STEP budget. The goal of the project is to reduce the number of alcohol and speed related crashes as well as reducing crash-related injury rates.
During the fiscal year 2015 grant period, Irving officers wrote 9,176 speeding citations, 1,075 seatbelt citations and made 118 DWI arrests. The Irving Police Department will continue to partner with TxDOT and participate in programs that encourage and support efforts to enhance the safety of our roadways.
The enforcement operations will be supplemented by various public information and educational efforts. Such efforts include traffic safety presentations at community events, health fairs, schools and other venues. For more information on any of our special enforcement efforts, or to request a traffic safety presentation, please contact Lt. Lewis Remington, Special Operations Division at (972) 721-7840.
