The Lincoln County Sheriff’s office recently completed two overtime grants provided by the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety
The Click It or Ticket grant ran from November 19th through November 25th with 5 Deputies participating and working 67.5 hours of overtime. There was a condition in the grant that required 40 percent of the time being worked be between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Five Deputies worked 41 hours between those times, approximately 61%. Pre and post grant observations of seat belt usage were 88% and 91% respectively. During the grant period, Deputies wrote 93 warnings and citations and arrested 2 individuals for Driving While Intoxicated. No citations were written for occupant restraint violations.
The second grant was the You Drink and Drive You Lose enforcement action which ran from December 14th, 2012 through January 1st, 2013. Deputies worked a total of 44 hours and made 70 traffic stops which resulted in 2 DWI arrests, 4 citations for speeding and 73 warnings for other traffic offenses.