Traffic Safety Initiatives
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Finding new ideas to improve your traffic safety programs just got a lot easier. The IACP has compiled 50 of the best initiatives from this year's IACP National Law Enforcement Challenge....
Drugs & Alcohol
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rivers impaired by drugs or alcohol continue to plague highways and roadways in spite of the vigorous efforts of law enforcement agencies that are dedicated to traffic enforcement and of legislators w...
Community-Police Engagement
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In 1998, members of the Aurora Police Department began developing a strategic plan for the department’s future. The strategic planning committee was tasked with developing a plan to increase the...
Traffic Safety
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During fall 2003 the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported average interstate speeds in Georgia as the highest recorded in the country. Eighty-five miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone was the no...
Traffic Safety
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The power of product branding and marketing on American's consumer spending and behavior is undeniable. When done right, private sector marketing can influence someone to spend thousands of dollars mo...
Traffic Safety
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Every year some 3,000 Canadians are killed and more than 200,000 are injured in traffic collisions. One-third of these casualties occur in RCMP jurisdiction. Traffic crashes are one of the leading cau...
Traffic Safety
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In 2003, for the first time since 1999, the United States experienced a reduction in alcohol-related fatalities. There were 511 fewer alcohol-related traffic deaths in 2003, compared with 2002, which ...
Traffic Safety
Police officer giving sobriety test to young man to see if he is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police cruiser is out of focus in the foreground.
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To the Fairfax County Police Department's Traffic Division it was clear: a comprehensive impaired driver enforcement program had to include sobriety checkpoints. It was also clear that conducting sobr...