Sarasota Sheriff’s Office gets grant to curb speeders on I

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - For the next year, Florida Highway Patrol troopers won’t be the only ones monitoring speed along I-75.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a grant to target speeding and aggressive driving on Interstate 75.

This initiative is funded through a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation, which supports overtime pay for deputies involved in data-driven, high-visibility enforcement activities.

Sarasota County ranks 15th among Florida’s counties with a population of 300,000 or more for speed and aggressive driving incidents resulting in serious and fatal injuries, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

With this grant, deputies will conduct what they call “high-visibility, zero-tolerance enforcement operations along the I-75 corrid