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What Is The Traffic Safety Challenge?
The Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge is
coordinated by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic
Committee, and is designed to challenge police departments, county sheriff
agencies, state police districts and other law enforcement agencies to
tackle the traffic safety problems in their jurisdictions in unique
ways. Each year every law
enforcement agency in the state is sent an application which outlines the
criteria for the requirements for a submission. Agencies need to document
their policies and procedures, officer training, traffic safety recognition
programs, public information and education efforts, crash data and
effectiveness information. The application includes a six page How-To
guide which will explain what information is needed and how to assemble an
application. Applications are due in April of each year for efforts
conducted during the previous calendar year. In January of each year, the program
directors, Assistant Chief Steven Casstevens of the Hoffman Estates Police
Department and Lieutenant Paul Rizzo of the Schaumburg Police Department,
conduct several seminars throughout the state on how to assemble an
application. Attendees can page
through winning applications from previous years and gain insight on what
should or should not be included in their packets. Applications are then judged by members
of the Illinois Chiefs Traffic Committee in May.
Applications are grouped into categories based on agency type and number of
officers, and are graded on certain criteria. Eventually a first, second
and third place winner is determined in each category and those agencies
are recognized at the breakfast. Special category awards are also presented
for the following best programs: Impaired Driving, Speed Awareness,
Bike/Pedestrian Safety and Commercial Vehicle Safety. There is also a
Rookie of the Year award presented to the best submission from a first-time
applicant and a Judges Award for the best overall program that year
(excluding previous Judges Award winners).
There is also a Championship Class category pitting all of the first
place winners from the previous year against each other, regardless of
agency type of size. All applications are then forwarded to the International Association of Chiefs of Police
for consideration in the National Law Enforcement Challenge awards, which
are presented in October at the IACP
Conference. CLICK
HERE TO DOWNLOAD A NEW "FILLABLE" ILLINOIS TRAFFIC SAFETY
CHALLENGE APPLICATION DUE BY APRIL 15, 2008!
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