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Traffic Safety Unit Award
The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are proud to announce the annual Traffic Enforcement Safety Unit Award. This Award is one means by which to contribute to safer highways. The award was created to recognize traffic enforcement units that exemplify the cutting edge in traffic safety programs. Unlike the J. Stannard Baker Award, which seeks to recognize individuals in traffic safety, the Johnny Mack Brown Award will be a unit or office based award. The criteria evaluate the quality of each participating agency's program in terms of office policy and training, public information and education, enforcement activity and effectiveness.
The Traffic Enforcement Safety Award will target three major traffic safety priorities: occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding. These will be achieved through the following campaigns: 1) Operation ABC Mobilization, which aims at increasing safety belt use, and the enforcement of child passenger safety restraint laws, the hazards of air bags to children and aggressive and other forms of dangerous driving. 2) Speed Enforcement, and 3) You Drink. You Drive. You Lose. encourages the formation of traffic safety partnerships to stop impaired driving, as well as the senseless loss of life it produces. This is best accomplished through the use of Small Scale Sobriety Check Points.
The Traffic Enforcement Safety Award will allow Sheriffs' offices to set comprehensive goals, to strive to reach new heights, to share their experiences with their counterparts, and to be recognized for their traffic safety accomplishments; in short, to make significant differences in the communities their officers serve professionally each day of every year. This competition will have no losers, only winners, for saving lives and reducing the frequency and severity of injuries are the true rewards of each agency's efforts.
Every Sheriff's office, regardless of size, is encouraged to take part in this challenge. If you would like to submit any information regarding your traffic units' efforts toward traffic safety, please contact:
National Sheriffs' Association
1450 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia, 22314
Should you have any questions concerning The Traffic Enforcement Safety Unit Award, please feel free to call (800) 424-7827.
The same application is used for The Traffic Enforcement Safety Unit Award and the IACP/NSA Law Enforcement Challenge. For the application, click here. Please print out application and submit with package
The application deadline is May 1, 2009.
Current Winners of the Traffic Safety Award
2007
Winner: Coweta County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
Sponsors of the Traffic Safety Award
Decatur Electronics
Previous Winners of the Traffic Safety Award
2006
Winner: Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, GA
Impaired Driving Programs: Williamson County Sheriff's Office, IL
Youth Alcohol Awareness: Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, GA
Child Passenger Safety Programs: Tift County Sheriff's Office, GA
Speed Awareness: Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL
Occupant Protection: New Kent County Sherff's Office, VA
Technology: Orange County Sherff's Office, FL
2005
Winner: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, OR
Impaired Driving Programs: Elbert County Sheriff's Office, GA
Youth Alcohol Awareness: Kendall County Sheriff's Office, IL
Child Passenger Safety Programs: Shelby County Sheriff's Office, TN
Speed Awareness: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, OR
Occupant Protection: Rockingham County Sherff's Office, VA
Technology: Clackamas County Sherff's Office, OR
2004
Winner: Stafford County Sheriff's Office, VA
First Runner Up: Franklin County Sheriff's Office, GA
Second Runner Up: Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL
Impaired Driving Programs: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
Youth Alcohol Awareness: Ogle County Sheriff's Office, IL
Child Passenger Safety Programs: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
Speed Awareness: Stafford County Sheriff's Office, VA
Occupant Protection: New Kent County Sherff's Office, VA
Winner: Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, GA
First Runner Up: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
Second Runner Up: Osceola County Sheriff's Office, FL
Impaired Driving Programs: Turner County Sheriff's Office, GA
Youth Alcohol Awareness: Madison County Sheriff's Office, IL
Child Passenger Safety Programs: Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL
Speed Awareness: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, FL
Occupant Protection: Washington County Sherff's Office, VT
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