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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...
A mother’s grief and loss, turns to a passion to end drunk driving. By: Ava Fontenot Lindsey My 25year old son Lindsey and his 21year old friend Raymond were killed by a drunk driver on July 2, 2010. Raymond had called Lindsey to go out...
By Alex Otte It might sound strange to say, but today, I celebrate 11 years since the day my life was forever changed because of one man’s wrong choice. I say “celebrate,” even though the day itself and the week leading up to it have...