St. Joseph County Traffic Safety Program 10 th Annual Traffic Safety Summit Lansing, MI March 2, 2005

MISSION A county-wide coordinated effort to reduce injury and death on our roadways, through educational awareness. To encourage safer driving practices and maintain ongoing safety, educational and enforcement programs through designated funding.

GOALS   SAVE LIVES   REDUCE INJURIES   EDUCATION   ENFORCEMENT

FINANCIAL FACTS   FATAL $1,120,000   NON FATAL DISABLING INJURY $45,500   PROPERTY DAMAGE $8,200 (Including non-disabling injuries) SOURCE: National Safety Council 2003 Report

COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM  What is required  Who should be involved  How do you go about it

WHAT IS REQUIRED SSSSerious Time Commitment SSSSharing Of Ideas FFFFull Cooperation

WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED  Law Enforcement  Criminal Justice  Traffic Engineers  Political Representation  Education  Medical  Citizen At Large  OHSP Representative

HOW TO GO ABOUT IT  Select Key Players  Schedule Meetings  Share Ideas  Prepare Preliminary Plan  Coordinate Activity

COMMON QUESTIONS  Where does the funding come from  Who administers the program  What are the political implications  What forms are required

FUNDING  Predetermined amount of court costs directed into Traffic Safety Commission Funding by County Board of Commissioners

ADMINISTRATION  Traffic Safety Commission hires part-time project director who oversees day to day activities

POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS CCCConsiderable !!! FFFFlexibility WWWWillingness to Cooperate

Creating A Funding Mechanism to Support Traffic Safety Programs

IN THE BEGINNING TOTAL FUNDS$0.00

REVENUE  $5.00 REDIRECTED COURT COST ON EACH PAID VIOLATION T/S Local Gov’t  Local Ordinance $3.34 $1.66  State Law $5.00 0

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS  55% Law Enforcement Activities  30% Education, Demonstration, and Prevention Activities  15% Administrative and Operational Activities

DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS Enforcement $135,616 34% Education $ 92,591 23% Equipment $ 84,055 21% Educ./ Equip. $ 56,636 14% Engineering $ 21,072 6% Prosecutor 2% Prosecutor $ 7,100 2% TOTAL $397,070 TOTAL $397,070

MATCHING FUNDS  Enforcement & Court20%  All Others40%

2004 REVENUE $ 61, MONTHLY AVERAGE $5,138.00

St. Joseph County Comprehensive Traffic Safety Program ANTICIPATED ANNUAL REVENUE $60,000 CURRENT BALANCE AS OF 1/1/05 $45,000

PROJECT DIRECTOR  Contract Employee/ Part-Time  Maximum 15 hours per week / 780 year  Annual Average Salary $5460  Performs Assigned Duties  Office at St. Joseph County Sheriffs Dept. (phone, FAX, files, computer maintained by SJCCTSC)

S.J.C.C.T.S.C. Three Rivers City Commission- Sturgis City Commission- Vacant St. Joseph County Commission-Education- Robin BakerWilliam Miller, Superintendent Criminal Justice-Centreville Schools Carol Frohriep Law Enforcement- District Court Administrator Deputy Eugene Alli, (Chair) Engineering- St Joseph Co. Sheriffs Office Tom Seymour, City Engineer Citizen at Large- Local Township/Village Gov’t.- Robin Border (Vice Chair) William Dobrowski Ex-Officio- Medical Board- Pat Eliason, OHSP Vacant

SJCCTSP EXPENDITURESGrant Project Title Requesting Agency Grant Type Amount 1StepSturgis PDEdu/Enf$8,533 2Step IISturgis PDEdu/Enf$12,883 3RAISESt. Joseph Co SDEdu/Enf$13,337 4ON TARGETSt. Joseph Co SDEquipment$5,500 5Stop SticksAll Police AgenciesEquipment$11,973 6TEASEThree Rivers PDEdu/Enf$2,106 7English/Spanish Driver’s Ed Traffic Safety Assoc.Education$11,380 8Prosecutor Interns St. Joseph Co Prosecutor’s Office Prosecution$3,000 9Radar Unit (50% Match) Constantine PDEquipment$587 10Prosecutor Interns St. Joseph Co Prosecutor’s Office Prosecution$2,000

11Fatal Vision GoggleSt. Joseph ISDEquipment$2,650 12Think First TeensSt. Joseph ISDEducation$4,139 13Traffic Classifier (50% Match) Sturgis Traffic Eng.Equipment$8,872 14Project S.L.I.C.St. Joe/Branch/ Hillsdale Education$13,235 15STEP IIISturgis PDEdu/Enf$17,058 16Child Safety SeatSturgis PD/Multi Agency Education$1,160 17Driver Ed. NationalSt. Joseph ISDEducation$13,500 18Bike & Skate SafetySt.Joe/Branch/ Hillsdale Education$1,160 19Prosecutor InternSt. Joseph Co Prosecutor’s Office Prosecution$2,100 20Motorcycle SafetyWhite Pigeon High School Equipment$10,900

21 Road Test Prep Spanish Traffic Safety Assoc.Education$13, Think First TeensSt. Joseph Co ISDEducation$3, Begin Driver Aware TSA Rep.Education$6, STEP IVSturgis PDEdu/Enf$16, Traffic Crash Analysis Sturgis PD/Multi Agency Edu/Enf/ Engineer $12, Wolf PackConstantine PDEnforcement$11, Think First TeensSt. Joseph Co ISDEducation$3, Project S.T.E.P.Sturgis P.D.Edu/Enf$11, Keeping Selective Enf. Zone Safe Three Rivers PDEnforcement$8, St. Joseph Co AA Conference Sturgis Youth & Family Council Education$15,950

31Radar GunConstantine Police Dept. Equipment$694 32Automated ticket writing software 9 L.E. Agen. Dist. Court Equipment$65,300 33Wolf Pack IIConstantine Police Dept. Enforcement$9,287 34Selective Enf. Zone Safety TRPDEnforcement$9,039 35Alcohol Awareness Conf. Sturgis Youth & Family Education$15,950 36Child Safety Seat ClinicSt. Joseph Co. Sher. Education / Equipment $15,905 37Project 131St. Joseph Co. Sher. Enforcement$10,067

MAJOR PROJECT PENDING COMPLETION   Automated Ticket Writing FUNDING $63,500 9 POLICE AGENCIES 3B DISTRICT COURT

SINCE 1998 SJCCTSC FUNDED GRANT PROJECTS $397,070.00

4 C ’s of TRAFFIC SAFETY COMPREHENSIVE CREATIVE CONTINUING COOPERATION

CONTACT INFORMATION Sandra Wagner – Project Director (269) Fax (269) Deputy Eugene Alli St Joseph County Sheriffs’ Office (269) ext. 244 Fax (269)