The Central Virginia Highway Traffic Safety Board would like to congratulate the following member agencies for placing in the recent Virginia Law Enforcement Chief’s Challenge highway traffic safety awards.
The Bedford Police Department won 1st place in Virginia for the municipal police department with 11 – 25 officers and for winning a special award for Bicycle / Pedestrian Safety.
The Lynchburg Police Department won 1st place in Virginia for the municipal police department with 126 – 300 officers and for winning a special child passenger safety award.
The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office won 2nd place both in the Virginia challenge and also 2nd place in the national challenge for sheriff’s offices with 51 to 75 deputies.
The Virginia Association of Chief’s of Police will present the state awards at their annual conference in September in Norfolk. The national awards will be presented by the International Association of Chief’s of Police at their annual conference in October in Chicago.
The awards are based on entries prepared by the participating agencies that highlight their traffic safety education and enforcement activities in the past calendar year. Judges award points to the agencies in the six areas that comprise a comprehensive traffic safety program: an agency’s policies and guidelines, training of officers, incentives and recognition, public information and education, enforcement, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the agency’s efforts.
Further details can be found at:
http://www.smartsafeandsober.org/programs/LEC/2010/NLEC20102011WinnersList.pdf This link shows the national winners. The national awards will be presented in
http://www.smartsafeandsober.org/programs/LEC/2010/winners.php This link shows the state winners for Virginia and explains the programs.
- From a release
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