MCSO Receives Grant to Purchase Equipment, Manpower for Aggressive Driving

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on October 21st, 2021, that the office has received a grant for overtime and equipment from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for aggressive driving detection enforcement and education.

The $60,414 grant will be used to purchase state-of-the-art speed detection equipment and fund overtime costs for Deputies to conduct selective enforcement throughout Maricopa County. The new equipment will be installed in both marked and unmarked patrol vehicles to conduct selective traffic enforcement and education throughout the county.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the equipment to be purchased is an EAGLE 3 Directional RADAR speed detection device. “The Speed detection devices offer front and rear scanning mode with faster processing for greater targeting range and improved target acquisition,” said Sergeant Monica Bretado, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in a press release.

The new RADAR speed detection device offers Wireless Speed-Sensing which improves performance in poor weather and is extremely accurate, reliable, and delivers great results when enforcing speed zones.

“During traffic contacts, Deputies will educate the public of the dangers and consequences of speed violations, reckless and aggressive driving as part of their contact with drivers,” Sergeant Bretado, added in the press release.

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