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GUIDELINES FOR GRANT APPLICATION NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN I. Problem statement: There are a large number of speeding complaints in Cass County and a limited number of deputies available to respond and enforce the speed limits currently in effect. Speeding is a problem in the county, due to the fact that many motorists live out side the larger cities and have long distances to travel daily, which creates roads with high speed and traffic volumes. The Cass County Sheriff's Office currently uses a proactive approach with traffic enforcement by sharing the use of a SMART radar machine with the Fargo Police, West Fargo Police, North Dakota Highway Patrol and City of Fargo Engineers Office. The problem is the rotation to use the machine is every 5 weeks, and we can only use it for 1 week. This does not give the Sheriff's Office much use when you figure in the time and distance we travel to the communities. The number of citations issued by Cass County for speeding violations and motor vehicle crashes written; Speeding- Cit~ions Wamings 2003-1,112 2003- 657 2002-4,153 2002- 1,441 2001-2,553 2001- N/A Crashes- 2003- 72 2002- 240 2001- 250 II. Detailed description of proposed activity: It is my understanding there may be grant money available to assist the Cass County Sheriff's Office with the purchase of a SMART Radar for doing speed education from stationary locations. Our office would be using crash data that we have to increase regular patrol in the problems areas and the SMART radar can be used in the communities to educate the drivers as to the speed limits and also allow drivers a chance to check and see that their speedometer is working properly. The Sheriff's has received very positive comments from the citizens that live in communities where the SMART radar has been used in the past.