The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office announced on November 12, 2026, that it had been awarded $14,929 in grants through the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to support impaired-driving enforcement and other traffic safety work.
The sheriff’s office said the funding will reimburse Coconino County for overtime and equipment used in directed patrols and efforts to intercept impaired drivers. It will also allow the agency to buy speed detection devices for areas where speeding, aggressive or reckless driving and distracted driving are concerns.
Two grants, different enforcement roles
The awards include a 405d Impaired Driving Grant and a Police Traffic Services (PTS) Grant, according to the announcement.
The agency said the 405d funding will support targeted enforcement against alcohol- and drug-impaired driving, participation in statewide DUI enforcement campaigns and increased patrol efforts during high-risk periods.
The Police Traffic Services funding covers broader traffic safety efforts, including traffic-law and speed enforcement and distracted-driving prevention. The sheriff’s office described reducing serious and fatal crashes as an aim of that work, not a result already demonstrated by the new funding.
What the announcement does—and does not—establish
November 12, 2026, is the date the sheriff’s office posted its announcement. The release does not give a separate grant award date, divide the $14,929 total between the two grants or identify future patrol dates and specific enforcement locations.
Source: Coconino County Sheriff’s Office announcement, November 12, 2026. The funding and planned uses above are attributed to the agency’s release.
Archive/context image: highway direction signs in Flagstaff, January 25, 2012; not current road conditions or grant-funded patrol activity. Photo: xomiele on Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons. Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Where all the major highways meet. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized and archive-labeled by ThinBlueNews. No endorsement implied.
