The proposed project involves using personnel overtime to carry out enforcement, as well as public awareness activities to be conducted by the applicant's commercial vehicle enforcement unit

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the County of Suffolk, operating as the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, $365,521 in Project Grant funding on December 1, 2025, under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237).

The award funds commercial motor vehicle enforcement and public awareness activities conducted by the Sheriff's Office's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit. The project will maintain an out-of-service rate greater than 30 percent through high-visibility CMV enforcement in designated high-crash corridors in New York, expand Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse enforcement, and conduct training with partner agencies at local, state, and federal levels to recognize, prevent, and deter human trafficking. Performance will extend from the award date through September 30, 2028, with activities based in New York.

FMCSA reduced the initial budget by $12,600 after determining that portable scale usage for truck size and weight activities was not compliant with 49 U.S.C. § 31102(h)(1)(a). The Sheriff's Office revised the equipment budget to reflect only the vehicle cost attributable to CMV enforcement-related activities, excluding the portion allocated to size and weight activities.

The applicant intends to maintain greater than 30% out?-of-service rate by conducting high-visibility commercial motor vehicle enforcement in areas that are designated as high crash corridors. In addition, the applicant plans to increase its drug and alcohol clearinghouse enforcement, and IT will find opportunities to assist its partner agencies at the local, state and federal levels to recognize, prevent and deter human trafficking by conducting training. Reduction narrative ($12,600): the applicant's equipment cost category narrative mentioned the truck will be used to transport scales. Fmcsa informed the applicant of HP-CMV cost allowability for this expense: portable scale usage is only allowed if applicant i's compliant with 49 U.S.C. 31102(h)(l)(a). The application did not convey compliance with the statute, and, if not compliant, the budget the vehicle cost amount to reflect the share of usage on CMV enforcement-related activities in the project - deducting the cost that reflects the time the vehicle would be used for truck size and weight activities. The applicant revised the budget accordingly.