{"id":84398,"date":"2025-07-22T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/84398\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T23:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:11:07","slug":"sdpd-gets-428k-state-grant-to-combat-impaired-driving-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/84398\/","title":{"rendered":"SDPD gets $428K state grant to combat impaired driving \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Police Department has been awarded a $428,000 grant as part of a statewide initiative to combat impaired driving, it was announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This grant allows us to take a well-rounded approach to traffic safety,&#8221; SDPD Sgt. Gregory Minter said. &#8220;By combining focused enforcement with officer training and community education, we can better protect our roadways and reduce the threat posed by impaired drivers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police said the grant will be used to fund the following initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DUI saturation patrols to increase high-visibility enforcement targeting impaired drivers across San Diego;<\/li>\n<li>Public education and outreach, to inform the public about the dangers of driving under the influence of cannabis or other substances and;<\/li>\n<li>Impaired driving detection equipment, to acquire specialized tools and resources to support officers in the identification and assessment of drug- impaired drivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The grant performance period will continue through June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The grant was made possible through the California Highway Patrol via the state&#8217;s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program. Funding stemmed from a broader $35 million investment announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom to support nearly 150 local agencies throughout the state to enforce stricter protocol for driving under the influence, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>The Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program is administered by CHP to help law enforcement agencies prevent roadway injuries and deaths related to cannabis and other substance use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego Police Department has been awarded a $428,000 grant as part of a statewide initiative to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":84399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,22509,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-84398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-san-diego-police-department","13":"tag-sandiego","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114899418074785486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}