State grant helps SPD focus on dangerous drivers

State grant helps SPD focus on dangerous drivers

Included in items approved by the Sarasota City Commission at its Dec. 1 meeting consent agenda was a budget amendment to accept a $142,000 Florida Department of Transportation Speed and Aggressive Driving Enforcement grant to the Sarasota Police Department.The grant, which the SPD also received last year, will enable the department’s patrol division to once again conduct a speed and aggressive driving, work zone safety, and high-visibility enfo…