Traffic Safety Toolkit: "Traffic Safety is Everyone’s Business"
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is offering a limited number of FREE Traffic Safety Toolkits that contain resources intended to help law enforcement, civic leaders, transportation officials, and lawmakers work together to address traffic safety concerns in their community.

The Toolkit contains guidebooks that address issues such as speeding in residential communities, traffic congestion around schools, street racing, drunk driving, cruising, pedestrian injuries and fatalities, and establishing successful publicity and public education campaigns. The guidebooks will help you asses your local problem and develop effective responses. They also highlight successful strategies that have been implemented in other parts of the country to address similar problems

To order a free Traffic Safety Toolkit, call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770.

1-day CPS Refresher Classes
Don Allen from the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police is offering five 1-day child passenger safety classes throughout southwest Virginia in May and June. The classes are for both currently certified CPS Technicians that need CEUs, and Operation Kids trained individuals. Click here for additional information!

4-day NHTSA Child Passenger Safety Technician Course
Sponsored by the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police

Dates: July 14 – 17, 2008
Location: Roanoke Police Academy • 541 Luck Avenue • Roanoke, Virginia 24016
Time: 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., each day Monday through Thursday
Fee: $60.00 (Charged by Safe Kids Worldwide for National Certification)