R-091-23 Accepting a Grant in the Amount of $185,000.00 from the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) with Its Accompanying MOU and Amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget

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State of California—Office of Traffic Safety GRANT NUMBER GRANT AGREEMENT PT24047 Schedule A 1. PROBLEM STATEMENT The City of Colton, located in San Bernardino County, consists of an area of 16.03 square miles and has a population of 54,285 according to the 2021 Census. Currently, the Colton Police Department has fifty-three (53) sworn police officers; however, the department is budgeted for fifty-seven (57) police officers. Trying to hire qualified candidates is becoming increasingly difficult as other neighboring agencies are also suffering from manpower shortages, and all agencies are hiring from the same pool of candidates. This shortage of officers has created constant staffing and shift shortages, which require current personnel to increase their reactive enforcement. Due to the reduction in force, officers are left with little time for proactive traffic-related enforcement. Additionally, officers spend a majority of their time on duty responding to in-progress calls for service. Between 2020 and 2022, there have been approximately 715 fatality/injury traffic crashes with approximately 996 victims who reported injury. This includes fatal traffic crashes, injury traffic crashes, hit and run traffic crashes involving injury, and traffic crashes involving a driver who was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. This number, however, does not include traffic crashes which involved property damage only or crashes where both parties agree to exchange information and did not desire police assistance. If property damage only traffic crashes were included in the total number of crashes between the last three years, these numbers would grow significantly. During the same time period, there were a total of fourteen (14) fatality traffic crashes with a total of fifteen (15)victims. In 2020, there were a total of 210 injury/fatal traffic crashes. In 2021, there were a total of 222 injury/fatal traffic crashes. In 2022, there were a total of 283 injury/fatal traffic crashes. From 2020 to 2022, there is a 34% increase in total injury traffic crashes. The amount of DUI and speed related enforcement conducted by patrol officers does not amount to what is necessary to lower our overall crashes, specifically targeting drivers who are under the influence and drivers who are speeding. The following is a breakdown of primary crash factors for 2021 in the City of Colton. Driving under the influence was the primary crash factor in thirty-nine (39) traffic crashes. Our highest primary crash factor for 2021 was unsafe speed (38%), followed by automobile right of way, (12%), and third, improper turning movements (11%). With the increased number of injury traffic crashes and fatality traffic crashes, the Colton Police Department would like to help the citizens in Colton and decrease the total number of all traffic crashes in the City. The citizens of Colton are directly impacted by each traffic crash. Some of the citizens are impacted due to family or friends being involved in the crashes. Other citizens are impacted by travel delays due to road or lane closures. Whatever the reason the impact has caused, our goal at the Colton Police Department is to significantly reduce the number of traffic crashes. 2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES A. Goals: 1. Reduce the number of persons killed in traffic crashes. 2. Reduce the number of persons injured in traffic crashes. 3. Reduce the number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes. 4. Reduce the number of pedestrians injured in traffic crashes. 5. Reduce the number of bicyclists killed in traffic crashes. 6. Reduce the number of bicyclists injured in traffic crashes. 7. Reduce the number of persons killed in alcohol-involved crashes. 8. Reduce the number of persons injured in alcohol-involved crashes. 9. Reduce the number of persons killed in drug-involved crashes. 10. Reduce the number of persons injured in drug-involved crashes. 11. Reduce the number of persons killed in alcohol/drug combo-involved crashes. 12. Reduce the number of persons injured in alcohol/drug combo-involved crashes. 13. Reduce the number of motorcyclists killed in traffic crashes. 14. Reduce the number of motorcyclists injured in traffic crashes. 9/21/2023 3:08:32 PM Page 3 of 16