Henry County Police Department receives grant to renew highway safety unit

McDONOUGH —The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has renewed its grant to the Henry County Police Department for 2017, providing for four officers to devote 100 percent of their time to making the roadways of Henry County safer.

The four officers will serve in the department’s Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) unit. The grant from GOHS funds 40 percent of the salaries for two officers, according to the police department. The county will continue to pay 60 percent of those officers’ salaries as well as 100 percent of the salaries of the two additional officers.

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