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- TOTAL $150,290.00 JUSTIFICATIONS
- Appendix A to Part 1200 – Certifications and Assurances Appendix B – Attitude and Awareness Survey Appendix C – HSP Cost Summary
Equipment RequestedOK FY2016 HSP Equipment List
JUSTIFICATIONS The State will comply with the provisions of the Buy America Act (49 U.S.C. 5323(j)) Item 1: Use of speed measurement devices in conjunction with enforcement has been shown to be an effective deterrent to speed violations. Ada PD conducted a seat belt survey in the fall of 2014 wit the results showing a 71% seat belt use rate within the City of Ada. It is noted that while Ada is not one of the cities surveyed during the annual OHSO statewide survey, the Southeast Region (which includes Ada) had the lowest overall seat belt use rate compared to the Northeast and West Regions. As home to East Central University, the community experiences a high number of vehicles and young drivers going to and from the university on a daily basis. Pontotoc County is also the county immediately to the south of Pottawatomie County, home of a designated safety corridor. This speed monitor device will be used in conjunction with enhanced traffic enforcement, including the use of a “dummy” officer in a marked unit, to deter speeding violations in those areas determined to be high crash locations within the City of Ada. Item 2: Oklahoma has shown a marked increase in the number of truck and semi-truck crashes over the last few months and, as would be expected, many of these result in personal injury. Currently almost 20% of all CMV drivers who survive a CMV collision are showing positive toxicology for drugs. This equipment will increase the ability of OHP Crash Teams to more accurately and timely investigate, or assist in the investigation of, CMV collisions by allowing a central location to communicate with CMV ECM’s at all thirteen troop crash team locations statewide. This will allow for more timely processing of investigative data needed for enforcement and judicial adjudication purposes. Item 3: The Oklahoma Highway Patrol, as the leading and most experienced crash investigation agency in the State, is often called upon to conduct or assist in conducting collision investigations involving death or serious injury. To further assist them in their duties, the OHP will deploy one-person-operated SX Robotic Total Stations in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Lawton so roadways may be marked and opened up for vehicular traffic when serious injury/fatal collisions occur in these large-population and high-traffic-count areas. The robotics will allow one Trooper to return to a scene and collect forensic mapping evidence at a later date/time when traffic is lighter. This will further both NHTSA and FHWA goals for rapid quick clearance and the Traffic Incident Management (TIM) concepts. In addition, officer safety will be enhanced by having one person, rather than two, adjacent to roadways. The robotics allow the mapping Trooper to enter the roadway under safer conditions and map forensic evidence by a data collector attached to the prism pole while the robotics station follows the Trooper around the crash site. Item 4: Use of speed measurement devices in conjunction with enforcement has been shown to be an effective evidence-based deterrent to speed violations. Shawnee PD is the largest city and county seat of Pottawatomie County. It is also home to Oklahoma Baptist University which contributes to a significant number of students driving to and from the city each day. This area of Pottawatomie County was previously designated as a high crash corridor, resulting in the formation of the Pottawatomie County Safety Corridor running directly through the City of Shawnee. Shawnee PD and Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office are the primary LE agencies within the designated corridor. In the 2016 OHSO Problem Identification, the City of Shawnee ranked in the top tier of KAB crashes overall as well as the top tier of Unsafe Speed crashes. This speed monitor device will be used in conjunction with enhanced traffic enforcement to deter speeding violations in those areas determined to be high crash locations within the City of Shawnee. Item 5: As an additional tool in combating impaired driving and distracted driving, the OHSO will purchase a Distracted/Impaired Driving Simulator. This simulator, utilizing sophisticated computer software and hardware, provides a state-of–the-art interactive driving simulation that shows participants the grim reality of destructive decisions. This simulator program addresses the very real and often fatal consequences of poor choices made while driving under the influence or distracted. This equipment will be utilized and maintained by the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office Project Deputy as part of his/her statewide traffic safety education program (see Oklahoma County Impaired Driving Education and Enforcement, Alcohol/Impaired Driving program area, PT-16-03-16-09). Item 6: In order to be able to achieve its’ stated purpose and goals and properly carry out assigned duties and responsibilities to such end, OHSO personnel must often travel to and from various locations and venues statewide on a day by day basis. OHSO currently has one new vehicle purchased last year, two vehicles purchased several years ago and one older model used pool vehicle assigned by DPS. This is the second year of a five-year vehicle rotation schedule to replace older vehicles with newer, more fuel-efficient, vehicles to be used by OHSO staff members in work-related duties. Retired vehicles will be disposed of in accordance with State procurement laws and DPS Policy and Procedure. Any proceeds from the disposal of vehicles purchased with Federal funds will be returned to OHSO for use in Federally funded grant programs. Appendix A to Part 1200 – Certifications and Assurances Appendix B – Attitude and Awareness Survey Appendix C – HSP Cost Summary Appendix D – HSP Match Review APPENDIX A TO PART 1200 – Download 1.38 Mb. Share with your friends:
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