Sheriff John Whetsel has been involved with law enforcement at all ranks including the chief of two departments and a six-time elected sheriff. He has a personal tie to the world of traffic safety having lost his wife and two-year old daughter which has made him a life long advocate for traffic safety. Sheriff Whetsel recently joined the NLELP for …

Dr. Darrin Grondel is the Vice President of Traffic Safety and Government Relations for Responsibility.org.Darrin is the former director of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commissions, a retired Captain from the Washington State Highway Patrol served as both secretary and chair of the Governors Highway Safety Association.Darrin discusses his wo…

Pete Abrams and Monty Allsop are the Law Enforcement Liaisons with the Highway Safety Program of the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Wyoming is a geographically large but largely rural state, which poses a distinct set of challenges for LELs, particularly in encouraging participation in traffic enforcement campaigns and in maintaining relatio…

During the GHSA 2015 Annual Meeting, the National LEL Program sat down with Sheriff John Whetsel, Sheriff of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and chair of the National Sheriffs Association Traffic Safety Committee, and Ed Hutchinson, Director of Traffic Safety for the National Sheriffs Association, to talk about ways to reduce injuries and fatalities for …

Grundy County, Tennessee, Sheriff Clint Shrum has had a varied career that has run the gamut from police officer, to LEL with the Tennessee Governors Highway Safety Office, to his current role. Along the way, he has made traffic safety a priority.Sheriff Shrum sat down with us at the GHSA annual meeting to talk about how he changed the mindset of t…

Today’s conversation is with Larry Coggins, who is the Southwest Florida Law Enforcement Liaison. A former public relations officer and state trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol, he has extensive knowledge of traffic law enforcement and law enforcement public relations. We sat down at the 2015 GHSA Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, to dis…

Officer Jermaine Galloway is an Alcohol Compliance Officer with the Boise (Idaho) Police Department and the creator of the Tall Cop Says Stop website and presentations. He took some time out of his busy schedule at this year’s Lifesavers Conference to sit down with us to discuss how he got started with alcohol and drug prevention education, changes…

Last December, the National Park Service announced the formation of a law enforcement liaison program, as part of a joint initiative with NHTSA. John Hughes was named the first NPS LEL. A 29-year veteran of the NPS and Chief Ranger of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Hughes is building the program from the ground up. He and Dan Whitcomb, a U.…

Tim Roberts is a Florida Law Enforcement Liaison working in the state's Panhandle region. He sat down with us during a break at the recent Lifesavers Conference to discuss Florida's Challenge programs, how they work, which metrics they track to determine success and how other states can replicate this type of program.…