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Santa Paula Police Department Awarded Grant from the Office of Traffic Safety for Traffic Enforcement Program to Increase Safety on Roads

SANTA PAULA — The Santa Paula Police Department was awarded a $65,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant will support our ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on our roads.

“This funding will strengthen our commitment to public safety in our community,” Police Chief Don Aguilar said. “We will be able to increase our efforts in making our roads safer for everyone and focus on critical areas such as distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding.”

Bilingual report — Santa Paula Police Department Peace Officers Memorial on Sunday May 14, 2023

The Santa Paula Police Department will be honoring all fallen peace officers at the city’s police memorial monument on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The event commemorates National Police Week, May 14 through May 20. The public is invited to attend.

The event will include representation of the Santa Paula Police Department Honor Guard and the Santa Paula Police Law Enforcement Explorers. The ceremony will include a posting of the colors, the reading of the names of peace officers in the history of Santa Paula who have lost their lives in the line of duty, and the release of doves. The memory of those fallen officers are being remembered during the Santa Police Department’s 100-year anniversary, 1923-2023.