EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $29,178.24 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta, according to a press release WTOC just received.

The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency of GOHS’s Southeastern Traffic Enforcement Network.

There are sixteen traffic enforcement networks across the state that help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed and impaired driving campaigns.

“Crash data shows enforcement and education of traffic laws are two of most effective countermeasures to help our state and nation reduce crashes and eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” said

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