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Chief Brett Railey, Ret. Chief Railey shares his passion for traffic safety Law enforcement agencies—regardless of size, jurisdiction, and location—are responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the roadways by conducting traffic enforcement. While the primary action may be enforcement, law enforcement leaders recognize...
SHAWN VASQUEZ Age 23 KILLED BY A POLY-DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVER In July 2020, Shawn was killed in a crash as he was finishing up work on an active construction site. The crash was caused by someone who was allegedly drinking and tested positive for Fentanyl,...
Saving Lives By: Sheriff Robert P. Mosier Office of the Sheriff Fauquier County, VA When I was a Lieutenant at the Sheriff’s Office in Fauquier County, Virginia, I pulled over a young man, (on his birthday unbeknownst to me until I saw his driver’s license),...
One Mother Continues to Fight in Honor of Her Son By: Carol Levin The word family is very important to me because the four of us were a family unit. We did everything together from sports, to music, school band, attended baseball games, and shared...
MADD September Officer of the Month Sergeant Kyle Corbitt Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Shalimar, Florida MADD National selects Sergeant Kyle Corbitt as our Officer of the Month for September 2021. Sergeant Corbitt has been a sheriff’s deputy for the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office for 8...
MADD August 2021 Officer of Month Officer Sergeant Jared Swann Joplin, MO Police Department MADD National proudly selects Sergeant Jared Swann as our Officer of the Month for August 2021. Sergeant Swann is a patrol shift supervisor with the Joplin, Missouri Police Department. He has...
Ron Replogle, Colonel (ret) Missouri State Highway Patrol National Law Enforcement Initiatives Manager Mothers Against Drunk Driving To all our law enforcement officer heroes, First and foremost, thank you for your service and for keeping our roadways and communities safe. You are the last line...
A mother’s pain and grief lead to her passion to keep fighting to end drunk driving. By: Michelle Ramsey-Hawkins Khaiden and Samuel I walked into Livingston Parish court room 2 months after the crash and I sat on the bench not knowing what to expect...
MADD July 2021 Officer of Month Lieutenant Joshua Battista Goose Creek, SC Police Department MADD National proudly selects Lieutenant Joshua Battista as our Officer of the Month for July 2021. Lieutenant Battista supervises the Traffic Unit of the Goose Creek, South Carolina Police Department. They...
Larry Coggins State Executive Director MADD Florida State Office My relationship with MADD started in the early morning hours shortly after midnight on a hot Central Florida summer night in the early nineties. I was a rookie State Troop working a serious crash where a...