October 4th, 2013
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Henry County Police Department Awarded H.E.A.T. Grant
Regular Meetings October 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Meetings held at: Administration Building Community Room 140 Henry Parkway McDonough, GA 30253
Regular Commission meetings will air Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays on Henry TV Channel 14 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, at 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.
The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved acceptance of a H.E.A.T. Grant in the amount of $54,400 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (G.O.H.S.) to subsidize the County’s current H.E.A.T. program. The action came at Tuesday’s regular Commission meeting. The grant will be used to fund part of the salaries for officers in the HCPD’s H.E.A.T. Unit. The unit consists of one sergeant and three officers whose focus is to develop and implement
ways to reduce impaired driving, speed related injuries and fatalities as well as educate the community on safe driving practices. The Henry County H.E.A.T. Unit has been widely recognized for successfully curtailing such dangerous and illegal driving practices, making our county safer for citizens and visitors. In 2012, the H.E.A.T. Unit once again won H.E.A.T./D.U.I Taskforce of the Year, as it has for the past five years. The 2013-2014 G.O.H.S. grant will provide funding for 40 percent of the Continued on Page 3 the henry county update
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