The Traffic Unit provides public traffic safety information offered through the City of Grand Junction Municipal Court as well as through various community, civic, and business groups. The Traffic Unit also participates in public awareness campaigns through public media venues as well as in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation.
While the Traffic Unit enforces all traffic laws, it puts a special emphasis on violations that cause motor vehicle accidents, violations in and around school zones and citizen complaint areas. The goal of the Traffic Unit is to reduce traffic collisions, injuries and fatalities by focusing on the factors that cause them. Some of the driving behaviors and factors that directly contribute to these are speeding or careless driving, driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, aggressive driving or inattentive driving.
The Traffic Unit is also responsible for technical investigation and accident reconstruction of collisions involving serious bodily injury or death.
The Grand Junction Police Department Traffic Unit proudly maintains traffic safety partnerships with the Colorado State Patrol and Mesa County Sheriff's Office.