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Tennessee Law Enforcement Challenge
Workshop
Brenda JonesLaw Enforcement Challenge Coordinator
What is the Law Enforcement Challenge?
• Mirrored after the National Law Enforcement Challenge
• Managed through the Governor’s Highway Safety Office
• Funded by TDOT through a NHTSA Grant
• Also funded by corporate sponsors
• It is the only state-wide Highway Safety Awards program.
• Recognizes law enforcement agencies for their efforts to improve traffic safety in their communities
• Forces agencies to take a hard look at what they are doing to address traffic safety – and in many
cases – what they are not doing
Why Do We Do It?
• To improve traffic safety statewide
• Because we can in fact make a difference
• Traffic enforcement can lead to other criminal activity
• To Save Lives
What Should Law Enforcement Do?
• Participate in the Challenge
• Get serious about traffic safety (if you haven’t already)
• Make Traffic Enforcement a Priority
1. Establish meaningful policies
2. Establish expectations – enforcement with a purpose
3. Talk about it – always – not just when you have a fatal crash
4. Establish Enforcement Goals
Application- Page 1
Total Sworn vs
Uniformed on Street?
Application- Page 2• You must complete entire
application to compete for special awards
• You must include separate documentation for EACH special award you wish to be considered for
• Special categories are different between state and national awards
• Clay Hall Memorial Award Nationally, Highest Traffic Safety Award
• Director’s AwardHighest Scoring State Application
• Championship Class– 1st Place Winner in
Category, National & State regardless of size participate following year
Application- Page 3
The actual policy must be included – not just an explanation of your policy re-written. Scan it, PDF it, highlight it and only include what is needed.
Don’t wait for this to realize you have a traffic problem.
Application- Page 4
Include a Training Matrix Example:
Offi cer Training• An integral part of the Challenge
• Officers should be trained in all 3 target areas annually
• Utilize all opportunities for training: Schools and Seminars, Roll Call Training, Video-Based, Training Bulletins, Tests on
Policies and General Orders, In-Service Training, etc.
• Document all training during the year, as well as past training that may be relevant
These videos are free from the IACP – call 1-800-THE-IACP
Offi cer Training• How many officers were trained last year in occupant
protection?
• How many officers were trained last year in DUI?
• How many officers were trained in speed enforcement?
• How many were trained prior to last year, with skills that are still being utilized?
• What about other traffic safety related training?
• DOCUMENT! DOCUMENT! DOCUMENT!
Application- Page 5
Incentives & Recognition
• Saved By The Belt• Citizens and Officers
• International Chiefs Officers Recognition• Your own departmental award
Incentives & Recognition
Officer Recognition for Enforcement
• MADD 100 / 200 Awards
Application- Page 6
Public Information & Education
• This is a major portion of your application. This is where you document all programs that were non-enforcement. This should include:• Newspaper clippings
• Press releases
• Child Safety Seat Events
• Citizen Police Academies
• Educational Signs
• Brochures/pamphlets/Police website
• Print screens of televised press events
• High School Mock DUI Crashes/Prom Events
• Tell us what you did and how you did it
Public Information & Education
A HUGE part of what an agency should be doing –
as well as part of the application
What are you doing – non-enforcement wise, to get the public to slow down, not drink &
drive, wear safety belts, use child restraints, etc.?
Understanding, of course, that there are some really bad
drivers out there who are in need of education.
PI&E - Where do good ideas come from?
• Ask around!
• There are many agencies that have won in past years who would be more than happy to share their successes and
ideas. You are limited only by your imagination.
• What works for one agency may not work for another.
• International Chiefs website – “Nifty Fifty”.
• www.the iacp .o rg
• Work with local businesses
• Enlist assistance from civic groups (Lions Club, Rotary, etc.)
• Citizen Police Academy Alumni, Explorers, Volunteers
• Are you participating in State & National Campaigns?
• Get sponsors for your programs
Application- Page 7
ENFORCEMENT
• 3 year enforcement data history
• Include “Special Enforcement Efforts” on front of application
• Explain what you accomplished during those efforts
• Did you take part in “Click It or Ticket,” You Drink & Drive – You Lose,
National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month, or other State or National enforcement campaigns?
ENFORCEMENT
A Picture Tells A Thousand Words
ENFORCEMENT
Tell The Whole Picture
• Include charts or graphs showing annual data
• Do your numbers “add up?”
• Look at your enforcement as it relates to # of officers.
• 5000 speeding tickets for 100 sworn – pretty good
• 5000 speeding tickets for 300 sworn – not so good
• Enforcement w/a purpose
ENFORCEMENT
Sometimes Tactical is Better
Enforcement Should Be Fair and Impartial…
Application- Page 8
EFFECTIVENESS• MUST provide data requested!
• Safety Belt use rate before and after
• Crash data – speed and alcohol related for each year
• Total crash data for the year
• Total crashes & injury crashes
• Now tell us more in your narrative
• Have your crashes decreased?
• Injury crashes or total injuries decreased?
• Speed-related or alcohol-related crashes decreased?
• Citations increased?
• How do you measure your effectiveness?
EFFECTIVENESS
• Just when you think you’ve done all you can to address traffic safety...
QUALITY OF SUBMISSION
• What kind of effort did you put into your application?
• Make items easy to find and easy to read
• Quality scanning of photos, news clips, etc.
• Just because you are uploading things electronically does not mean
they have to be plain
How Are Applications Judged?
• Based on agency size (total sworn)
• Categories differ between state and national programs
• ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MAY 1st
WHAT’S IN IT
FOR ME!
2005 – Kingsport Police Department
Winner of 1st Annual (2004) LEC Police Package Auto
2006 – Winchester Police Department
Winner of 2nd Annual (2005) LEC Police Package Auto
2007 – Union City Police Department
Winner of 3rd Annual (2006) LEC Police Package Auto
2008 – Dover Police Department
Winner of 4th Annual (2007) LEC Police Package SUV
2009 – Wartburg Police Department
Winner of 5th Annual (2008) Police Package Auto
2009 – Alcoa Police DepartmentWinner of 5th Annual (2008)
LEC Police Motorcycle
2010 – Memphis Police Department
Winner of 6th Annual (2009) LEC Police Package SUV
2010 – Bartlett Police Department
Winner of 6th Annual (2009) LEC Police Motorcycle
2011 – Johnson City Police Department
Winner of 7th Annual (2010) LEC Police Package SUV
2012 – Fayette County Sheriff’s Office
Winner of 8th Annual (2011) LEC Police Package SUV
Your Agency Winner of the 9th Annual (2012)
2012 - Chevy Tahoe Police Package
BEYOND THE TRAFFIC STOPAll entries in the Beyond the Traffic Stop award
program must be based on traffic stops by duly sworn law enforcement officers. Each entry must be signed and submitted by the observing officer’s agency head or superior officer.
All entries in the award program must be based on a traffic stop occurring between January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.
All entries for the award program must be received by Friday April 20, 2013. No exceptions.
Entries and supporting data are the property of GHSO and cannot be returned.
A panel of judges comprised of the IACP National Law Enforcement Challenge team determine the winners of the Beyond the Traffic Stop award program. Winners will be notified two weeks prior to the state law enforcement challenge. The decision of the judges is final.
Categories of winners include Grand Prize and Honorable Mention awards. Only duly sworn law enforcement officers are eligible for awards.
Judging Criteria
GHSO reserves the right to publicize the winners’ names and the details of each winner’s Beyond the Traffic Stop incident as part of a national and local law enforcement awareness program.
• Entries are based on cases that were built because of a stop for a traffic violation (i.e. seatbelt violation, speeding, DUI etc.)
• As well as thorough and professional police work by officer(s) to solve crime or to make an arrest stemming from the traffic stop
• Resulting benefit to community, law enforcement, public and highway safety (Cont’d)
Judging Criteria (cont’d)
• Element(s) of danger or risk to officer(s), citizens, and crime victims; details of how officer recognized danger, took effective steps to reduce risks to law enforcement personnel, crime victims, and citizens
• Thoroughness of submitted entry (e.g., simply stating “See Attached Report” in lieu of completing each section will not work.) Attachments are encouraged, but concise descriptions are required
• Nomination forms will be available www.tntraffi csafety.org in January 1, 2013.
