St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office to conduct traffic safety enforcement patrols during Carnival season

The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office received a grant in October 2017 from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission to conduct additional traffic safety enforcement activities.

The grant allows the Sheriff’s Office to have deputies perform seat belt checks and DWI sobriety checkpoints at various times throughout the year.

Some of these additional patrols for impaired driver safety enforcement will be made throughout the parish during the 2018 Carnival season, between Feb. 2 and 14.

Sheriff James Pohlmann, who is a member of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, representing the 1st Congressional District, feels grants such as this one are an important tool for the Sheriff’s Office.

“These types of programs promote safety on our state roads and highway systems,” Sheriff Pohlmann said. “Too many people are needlessly killed or injured each year in traffic accidents.”

The LHSC is responsible for developing and administering the state’s traffic safety program by cooperating with the federal government and other entities for the purpose of highway safety.

In addition to administering the state’s highway safety grants program, the LHSC also prepares highway safety plans; studies, evaluates and prepares statistics regarding motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and deaths; and obtains federal funds for use within the state for highway safety purposes. Programs and projects are administered in accordance with uniform guidelines.