Law Enforcement Challenge

2016 Virginia Challenge Winners Announced!
30 Virginia agencies entered the 2016 State and National Law Enforcement Challenge programs to recognize traffic safety efforts in 2015

The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Virginia Law Enforcement Challenge awards for the best traffic safety programs in the state in 2015.

Celebrating its twenty-seventh year in Virginia, the Law Enforcement Challenge program promotes professionalism in traffic safety enforcement and encourages agencies to share best practices and programs with each other. The awards are based on entries prepared by the participating agencies that highlight their traffic safety education and enforcement activities in the past calendar year. Judges award points to the agencies in the six areas that comprise a comprehensive traffic safety program: problem identification, policies, planning,  training of officers, public information and education, enforcement, and an evaluation of the outcomes of the agency’s efforts.

The Virginia agencies listed below were presented with their state Challenge first, second and third place awards in each category at a luncheon during the VACP’s 91st Annual Training Conference on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA.. Nine agencies also received special awards for outstanding enforcement and education efforts in the areas of occupant protection, impaired driving, speed awareness, commercial motor vehicle safety, distracted driving, technology, bicycle/pedestrian safety, and motorcycle safety. One agency was selected to receive the Commonwealth Award for having the best overall traffic safety program in 2015, regardless of agency category. The 2016 Commonwealth Award winner is Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office!

The Virginia Challenge is held in cooperation with the National Law Enforcement Challenge Awards, which are presented by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). This year, eleven Virginia agencies plus the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police were selected to receive thirteen national awards — the most of any state! National Challenge award winners have been announced by the IACP on their web site at http://www.theiacp.org/NLEC. National awards will be presented in October at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference in San Diego, VA.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

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