News supplied by Danville Police

The Danville Police Department today announced it has been awarded a
Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant to
conduct additional traffic safety enforcement efforts. The STEP program focuses on high-visibility enforcement and strategies aimed at saving lives and preventing injuries by
reducing traffic crashes.
“We’re pleased to receive this grant to step up our road safety efforts with the goal of
saving lives,” said Deputy Chief Terry McCord “Our mission is to make travel safer
through directed, proactive patrols and to stop, cite and arrest those who choose to violate
traffic laws.”
During the STEP grant year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, the
Danville Police Department Patrol Division will conduct additional enforcement efforts
to supplement mandatory and optional campaign enforcement dates scheduled during
some of the deadliest times of the year.
The additional efforts will focus on the leading contributory causes of crashes: speeding,
impaired driving, electronic device use, failure to yield and disobeying traffic control
signals, as well as occupant restraint violations.
The STEP grant is funded by federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois
Department of Transportation.