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Officer Edward Campbell August 2023 Officer of the Monthofficer edward campbelltallahassee, florida police department MADD proudly recognizes Officer Edward Campbell of the Tallahassee, Florida Police Department as our Officer of the Month for August 2023. Officer Campbell has been a member of the Tallahassee Police...
Officer Noah Leotta July 2023 Mission Moment Officer Noah Aaron Leotta Montgomery County Police Department, Maryland On December 10, 2015, Police Officer Noah Leotta succumbed to injuries sustained on December 3rd, 2015, when he was struck by a drunk driver near the intersection of Rockville...
Chief Luther Reynolds (1966-2023) July 2023 Officer of the Month Chief Luther Reynolds, (1966-2023) Charleston Police Department, South Carolina MADD posthumously recognizes Chief Luther Reynolds of the Charleston, South Carolina Police Department as our Officer of the Month for July 2023. Chief Reynolds, a dedicated...
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 Ramirez, an attorney in San Juan, Puerto Rico who was managing Puerto Rico’s SFST Program. Instructors from the...
Colonel Matt Langer The purpose of an impaired driving arrestColonel matt Langerchief of the minnesota state Patrol There is only one thing better than an impaired driver being pulled over and arrested. The only thing better is if that driver had opted not to drive...
June 2023 Officer of the month trooper gustavo culbeaux minnesota state patrol MADD proudly recognizes Trooper Gustavo Culbeaux of the Minnesota State Patrol as our Officer of the Month for June 2023. Trooper Culbeaux has been a member of the Minnesota State Patrol for five...
Officer William Mathews June 2023 Mission momentofficer william mathewswaysata, minnesota police department On September 8, 2017, Officer William Mathews was struck and killed by a vehicle on Route 12, between Route 101 and Shoreline Drive, in Wayzata, Minnesota at approximately 12:30 pm. He was in...
Impairment: The Omnipresent Threat to Safety on the Nation’s Roadways Nick Breul, Senior Project Manager National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Every year, I tally up the law enforcement traffic-related deaths and conduct a thorough analysis of the circumstances of each fatal crash and struck-by...
MADD May 2023 Officer of the Month The 245 Officers who made the Ultimate Sacrifice and gave their lives in the line of duty protecting America in 2022. “It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.” In...
Officer Logan Medlock May 2023 Mission Moment Officer Logan Medlock London Police Department, Kentucky On October 20, 2022, Police Officer Logan Medlock was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver at the intersection of KY 229 and South Main Street at...