Police Honored for Traffic Safety

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The Livermore Police Department on Monday received the following honors from the California Highway Patrol and California Office of Traffic Safety:

• Best Traffic Safety program for agencies with 71-85 officers
• Special Award for Child Passenger Safety
• Special Award for Motorcycle Safety
• Commissioners Award for Best Overall Traffic Safety Program in the State regardless of agency size.

The awards are part of the California Law Enforcement Challenge, a competition between similar sizes and types of law enforcement agencies. It recognizes and rewards the best overall traffic safety programs in California. The areas of concentration include efforts to enforce laws and educate the public about occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding. Agencies submit an application which documents their efforts and effectiveness in these areas. The winning safety programs are those that combine officer training, public information and enforcement to reduce crashes and injuries within its jurisdiction.

More than 200 agencies submitted applications to the CLEC. LPD is extremely proud of these accomplishments. This is the second year in a row that the Livermore Police Department’s Traffic Unit has received such a prestigious award.  Additionally, this accomplishment has never been achieved in the history of this awards program.

In addition to these prestigious awards, we will also receive national recognition from the International Association of Chiefs of Police in October for:

• First place award for agencies of our size
• Special Award for Child Passenger Safety

Here's part of a message Police Chief Steve Sweeney sent out to the department:

This was clearly a proud day for Livermore PD and a reflection on the hard work and dedication of all of our employees to make a difference in the level of safety in our community. My thanks to all of you for the great efforts you make each and every day. Keep up the great work!

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• Livermore's Traffic Safety The Standard in California