Law Enforcement Summit
By Editor at December 24, 2023 | 9:15 am | Print
The annual “Law Enforcement Summit” of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division was held at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport on Thursday Dec. 3. At this summit, the Highway Safety Division announces the winners of the 2014 “Chief’s Challenge”. The participants in this challenge are evaluated on their traffic safety programs by a panel of national judges convened under the International Chiefs of Police Association. The Berlin Police Department received two awards.
Second place for best overall Traffic Enforcement Program in Municipal Category Three.
Best overall Speed Enforcement Program in the State.
This is the sixth time that the Berlin Police Department has won for best overall speed
enforcement. The others awards were received in 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
For winning the speed enforcement award, the department won a Laser Technology Inc. “True Speed S” hand held laser speed measuring device worth approximately $1,295.00.
For the second place in “Best Overall Traffic Enforcement Program”, the Department was entered in a drawing for a key to win a 2013 Ford Police Interceptor equipped with emergency lights and sirens. Officer Robert Canto picked the winning key and won the vehicle for the Department. This vehicle was a demonstration vehicle operated by Whelen Engineering and is in almost new condition. The vehicle was paid for by the Department of Transportation, Office of Highway Safety under the Federal Highway Safety Program. Support Services Lieutenant James Gosselin, Sgt. Todd Lentini and Traffic Officer Robert Canto were responsible for overseeing traffic safety programs and for submitting the application package to DOT for review. The application is the sum of the hard work by Officers of the Department enforcing traffic laws in an effort to make the highways safer for all our citizens.
The car was officially presented to Chief Paul Fitzgerald at the Winter meeting of the
Connecticut Police Chief’s Association in Cromwell on Dec. 10.
