The Arizona Department of Public Safety has received more than $527,000 from the state to boost DUI enforcement among other highway safety measures.

Governor’s Office of Highway Safety grants will help with overtime costs for troopers during DUI enforcement details, targeted distracted driving enforcement operations, seatbelt enforcement work, collision reduction details and the street racing task force, according to a DPS release.

The money also will support overtime staffing in operational communications and the state crime laboratory and other areas, officials said.

Specifically, the money will pay:

• $40,000 for seatbelt enforcement details.
• $100,000 for DUI enforcement.
• $30,000 for distracted driving.
• $152,369 for STEP speed enforcement and equipment.
• $30,000 for the Street Racing Task Force.
• $70,000 in overtime funding for the state crime lab.
• $15,000 for dispatch support for DUI and street racing enforcement.
• $90,000 for DRE training, materials and supplies.

“Speed, impaired driving, aggressive driving, and seatbelt usage continue to be the leading causes of serious injury and fatal collisions,” said Lt. Col Deston Coleman Jr., assistant director of the Highway Patrol Division at AZDPS.

“Thanks to the continued support of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, state troopers will be able to increase enforcement and make the roadways safer for the motoring public.”