DATE: October 7, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Police Department
2026-073
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBJECT:
ACCEPTANCE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FEDERAL GRANT AWARD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to accept and appropriate the State of California Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Federal Grant Award of $137,000, for project overtime and purchase of supplies in support of the program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council:
a. Authorize the acceptance of the State of California Office of the Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Federal Award grant number PT2738, of $137,000 for Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
b. Authorize an appropriation and estimated revenue increase in the amount of $137,000 to the Police Department’s grant budget within the Grant General Fund (FD_1111) to be reimbursed from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety.
c. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute any required grant documents that are in compliance with the City Council’s actions hereunder.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The State’s Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program provides grant funding for specific projects that address the priorities of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. This program utilizes best practice strategies to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in crashes involving alcohol and other primary crash factors. Specific projects addressing these priorities include driving under the influence saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints, collaborative driving under the influence enforcement, traffic safety education including Drive for Life, distracted driving enforcement, traffic enforcement, bicycle and pedestrian enforcement, collaborative traffic enforcement, street racing and sideshow enforcement operations, and motorcycle safety enforcement.
The Police Department has successfully applied for funding from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
ANALYSIS:
This grant will support the State’s Office of Traffic Safety’s priority program areas outlined above. In addition, the Corona Police Department will participate in and report data for various campaigns, such as the Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April 2027 and participate in the statewide Click It or Ticket mobilization period in May 2027.
This funding will also provide some DUI checkpoint supplies and authorizes training costs.
The training funding will provide for four officers to attend Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) classes. Additional officers will be authorized to attend the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Training and the DRE re-certification training.
This is a one-time grant award for a General Fund reimbursement of designated training and project overtime in support of the program. The grant performance period is from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of the recommended actions will result in an appropriation and estimated revenue increase in the amount of $137,000 to the Police Department’s grant budget within the Grant General Fund (FD_1111) to be reimbursed from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety. Expenditures will be reimbursed to the Grant General Fund after submitting the quarterly claim amounts in that period. There is no match requirement. Any remaining budget from Fiscal Year 2027 will carry forward into Fiscal Year 2028.
Police Department
Estimated Overtime Enforcement $ 132,579
Travel $ 2,985
DUI Equipment and Supplies $ 1,436
Total $ 137,000
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action of direct enforcement is minimal and there is no possibility this will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: LINDA MCCULLOUGH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST I
REVIEWED BY: ROBERT NEWMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Exhibit 1 – State of California Office of Traffic Safety Grant Agreement PT27038