The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) received a $1,164,621 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant project aims to: 1) Decrease commercial motor vehicle crashes in high-crash corridor areas by 5%; 2) Decrease statewide commercial motor vehicle large truck crashes by 5%; 3) Increase commercial motor vehicle traffic enforcement...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $456,084 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) and its Mississippi Highway Patrol Division. The funding will support the deployment of a dashboard corridor and hotspot visualization tool, as well as commercial motor vehicle (CMV) reporting capabilities, to 100% of the state's...
The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $722,532 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to decrease commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes in high-risk corridors through increased enforcement and inspections from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the grant, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will collect data on CMV traffic enforcement inspections, violations, and crashes in the identified corridors. This data...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $3,529,352 Formula Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (CFDA 20.218) to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) and its Mississippi Highway Patrol Division to enhance commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety in the state. The grant supports a range of activities including driver and vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, carrier investigations, new entrant safety audits, and participation in national...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety was awarded a $6.27 million Formula Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant aims to reduce crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles through funding provided to state motor carrier safety programs. As the designated state agency, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will use the...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $587,656.78 through a Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding supports the National Priority Safety Programs' State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements program (CFDA 20.616) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $3.96 million in formula grant funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600) over a four-year period from October 2021 through September 2025. The funding will support the department's Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division in administering the state's highway safety initiatives. As the designated State Highway Safety Office, the division will...
The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $918,451 under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) from June 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The funding will support strengthening Mississippi's commercial driver licensing program through improved data systems and increased oversight. Specifically, the award will fund the hiring of state personnel and a contractor to enhance help...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, through its Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, has received a $1,167,709.30 formula grant award under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600). The grant funding will support a range of behavioral highway safety initiatives across the state, including impaired driving prevention programs, occupant protection efforts to increase seatbelt usage, improvements to the...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $3,516,183 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant program (CFDA 20.232). The purpose of this award is to address a finding that was discovered as a result of an Annual Performance Report (APR) by making the appropriate IT changes to allow for the complete and accurate medical certification and skills performance evaluations...