IACP National Law Enforcement Challenge
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The National Law Enforcement Challenge provides law enforcement agencies with an opportunity to make a significant difference in the communities they serve. The Challenge is a friendly competition between similar sizes and types of law enforcement agencies that recognizes and rewards the best overall traffic safety programs in the United States.
The program is designed to strengthen and support traffic enforcement nationwide and targets three major traffic safety priorities: occupant protection impaired driving, and speeding. Participating agencies are asked to provide documentation on their agency’s efforts and effectiveness in areas of officer training, public information, and enforcement to reduce crashes and injuries.
2010-2011 National Law Enforcement Challenge Winners
Application
The 2011 and 2012 National Law Enforcement Challenge applications are available for agencies. The 2011 submissions must to be postmarked by May 4, 2012 and the 2012 submissions must be postmakred by May 1, 2013. Entries submitted without a completed application form will be considered incomplete and will not be judged. Make sure you fill out the entire application and include it with your entry.
2011 Application
2012 Application
The Challenge "How-To-Guide"
Step by Step Application Instructions
This document provides agencies with additional guidance on assembling their Challenge application.
Past NLEC Winners
2009-2010 Challenge Winners
2008 Challenge Winners
2007 Challenge Winners
2006 Challenge Winners
2005 Challenge Winners
2004 Challenge Winners
Photos from the Past Year's Events
Publications
Traffic Safety Innovations
This year the IACP and NHTSA developed Traffic Safety Innovations, a booklet that provides insights from some of the National Law Enforcement Challenge winners about what ideas they are employing that have had a positive impact on their community. Traffic Safety Innovations provides a snapshot of what these agencies are doing to get people to buckle up and slow down. Download a copy or contact Sarah Horn at horn@theiacp.org to order a free copy of the booklet.
Traffic Safety Innovations Archive
Last year the IACP and NHTSA developed Traffic Safety Innovations, a booklet that provided insights from some of the National Law Enforcement Challenge winners about what ideas they were employing that had a positive impact on their community. 2008-2009 Traffic Safety Innovations provides a snapshot of what these agencies were doing to get people to buckle up and slow down. Download a copy or contact Sarah Horn at horn@theiacp.org to order a free copy of the booklet.
Nifty Fifty
This publication provides interesting and innovative ideas on how agencies promoted traffic safety in their community. Please feel free to incorporate these ideas into your traffic safety program.
Traffic Safety Dispatch Newsletter
February 2012 Dispatch Newsletter
November 2011 Dispatch Newsletter
August 2011 Dispatch Newsletter
May 2011 Dispatch Newsletter
February 2011 Dispatch Newsletter
November 2010 Dispatch Newsletter
August 2010 Dispatch Newsletter
May 2010 Dispatch Newsletter
February 2010 Dispatch Newsletter
November 2009 Dispatch Newsletter
August 2009 Dispatch Newsletter
May 2009 Dispatch Newsletter
December 2008 Dispatch Newsletter
October 2008 Dispatch Newsletter
September 2008 Dispatch Newsletter
May 2007 Dispatch Newsletter
December 2006 Dispatch Newsletter
October 2006 Dispatch Newsletter
August 2006 Dispatch Newsletter
July 2005 Dispatch Newsletter
Contact Us
Sarah Horn
horn@theiacp.org
703-836-6767, ext. 215