Included in items approved by the Sarasota City Commission at its Dec. 1 meeting consent agenda was a budget amendment to accept a $142,000 Florida Department of Transportation Speed and Aggressive Driving Enforcement grant to the Sarasota Police Department.
The grant, which the SPD also received last year, will enable the department’s patrol division to once again conduct a speed and aggressive driving, work zone safety, and high-visibility enforcement campaign.
“This Speed and Enforcement Grant gives us the opportunity to tackle traffic complaints in addition to our normal duties,” said Officer Jason Frank of the SPD Patrol Division/Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit. “This grant is citywide with no distinctive parameters on locations or times. We are free to move around the city. We concentrate on areas we know have a high probability of speeders, reckless drivers or those driving under the influence.”…