TUCSON, ARIZONA – Pima County Attorney Laura Conover was appointed on Friday to Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement.
The Council is tasked with awarding grants from a dedicated fund to assist government agencies, including tribal governments, with programs designed to reduce incidents of driving under the influence as well as for enforcement, prosecution, and judicial efforts. Programs supported by the Council will include the use of emerging technologies to educate, prevent, or deter occurrences of driving both motor vehicles and boats under the influence.
Funding for the grants is provided by fines and assessments levied against people convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Conover was selected by Gov. Hobbs to fill a position on the council designated for a County Attorney after she was recommended by the Arizona Prosecuting Attorney’s Advisory Council.
“I want to thank Katie Hobbs the Governor of Arizona. I want to most especially thank our new director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Jesse Torrez who made his way down here to Tucson to personally meet me and develop a relationship, and again I want to thank Jacob Fields, the GOHS Coordinator for Community Outreach for coming down to help me take the oath of office.”
Administrative support for the Council is provided through an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC). Quarterly reports will be provided to the Council to oversee the progress of programs receiving grants. The Council is required to submit an annual written report on the effectiveness of the programs supported by the grants on or before December 1 each year.
Conover will serve on the Oversight Council for the duration of her time as Pima County Attorney.
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