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Larry Coggins Larry Coggins State Executive Director MADD Florida State Office Familiar Territory in a New Land Over two years ago, MADD Florida was introduced to Melissa...

Impairment: The Omnipresent Threat to Safety on the Nation’s RoadwaysNick Breul, Senior Project ManagerNational Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum                                                                  Every year, I tally up the law enforcement...

Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Traffic Safety Initiatives: In-Custody Death How DREs Can Help With Prevention Jim Maisano, Deputy Chief (Ret.), Norman Police Department, Oklahoma, Project Manager, IACP Traffic enforcement and the investigation...

Heather Estudillo MADD Services to Victims and First Responders Heather EstudilloMADD National Director of Victim Services When many people think of MADD, they think of us as a legislative powerhouse, a...

A Message to Law Enforcement - MADD’s New National President Tess Rowland “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” – William Shakespeare. The quote dates back...

Guest Author: Alex Otte MADD National President Alex Otte Completes Her Term and Thanks Law Enforcement for the Life Saving Work They Do As my time as MADD’s National President comes to a close at the end...

Waymo Train First Responders How to Interact with Autonomous Vehicles The question is common: If there’s an emergency or incident, how will police and emergency responders interact with a fully autonomous vehicle? Waymo was the first company...

Law Enforcement and the Safe System ApproachBy National Transportation Safety Board Member Tom ChapmanAlmost 43,000 deaths occurred on US roadways in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) preliminary data.  That’s a...

Drug and Alcohol Use by Todays Commercial Motor Vehicle OperatorsBy:  Jake Elovirta, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance - Director of Compliance and Enforcement ProgramsIn the recent July and August 2022 Newsletters Darrin Grondel, Vice President,...