The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office has received an award of $41,366 by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, to be used for its traffic and DUI enforcement programs. The grant period is Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025. The Sheriff’s Office will utilize $24,000 for overtime related to DUI enforcement operations.
Navajo County deputies will be conducting sustained DUI enforcement activities and participating in DUI Task Force details throughout Navajo County. The Sheriff’s Office will utilize $17,366 for overtime and supplies for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), with $12,600 to be utilized for overtime and $4,766 will be used to purchase two tint meters and two Lidars (a remote sensing technology that uses lasers to measure distances and directions to object).
The STEP program provides aggressive and sustained traffic enforcement on all county roads to deter speeding and traffic violations. Law enforcement throughout Navajo County will be working together to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on the roadways. The goal is to reduce the number of speed-related and impaired driving-related crashes, decrease fatalities, and decrease serious injuries in speed-related crashes.
Sheriff Clouse would like to remind everyone that there is zero tolerance for anybody who chooses to drive impaired in any manner. In Navajo County, if you Drive Hammered, you will Get Nailed.
