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Application :: Page 7 of 18 Strategies: Pleasanton Police Department will use a multi-faceted approach in implementing the grant funds. Most of these efforts will be traffic enforcement related, focusing on specific traffic violations which are the leading causes of injury collisions within Pleasanton. Grant funds will cover overtime used to assign officers to directed enforcement opportunities focusing on the grant goals to reduce collisions. Distracted driving, bicycle and pedestrian enforcement operations are ways the grant will be implemented within the city. Additionally, PPD will use grant funds to send officers to needed POST certified training programs such as SFST's, A-Ride, and DRE. These essential training courses are needed for officer development and increasing the confidence in officers when conducting proactive DUI enforcement operations. During this current nationwide shortage of police officers, PPD had several collaborative operations with neighboring agencies to conducted DUI enforcement operations. New PAS technologies will be employed along with the enforcement efforts to bolster case strength while increasing successful prosecution of impaired drivers. These operations were made possible by OTS grant funds and will assist with future similar operations. PPD will communicate with the community via social media and inform them about the grant and the goal of reducing factors that are contributing towards collisions. Portable lighted sign boards along with PPD's website will be employed to further the traffic safety message in the community. Bringing attention to specific traffic-related issues will make the community aware of them and will assist in reducing the number of collisions within the city. Agency Qualifications: The Pleasanton Police Department has been the recipient of OTS grants in the past, have personnel who are familiar with the implementation of the grant, and are training other officers to meet goals of internal succession planning. PPD has continued to hire new officers over the last several years, but like other agencies around the area, low staffing levels have impacted our directed special enforcement objectives. The Pleasanton Police Department has selected areas of enforcement that are achievable for our department and our staffing levels. PPD has the support of the Pleasanton City Council and City Manager in receiving OTS grant funds. We hope to continue with our educational goals with traffic enforcement by allowing our officers to attend traffic and DUI related, POST certified, training courses. We hope to include the opportunity to host the DUI Checkpoint Management course as well as PAS calibration and Child Seat Safety courses for our staff and other agencies. Community Collaboration and Engagement Provide a description of the community collaboration and engagement activities that will be conducted by your department and addresses traffic safety. Community collaboration and engagement allows for the appropriate department personnel to engage in conversations to both share information and receive input from the community members regarding traffic safety. Page 209 of 782