Purpose of the Challenge
 

The Florida Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Challenge recognizes Florida law enforcement agencies for their outstanding traffic safety programs. Its goal is to enhance traffic safety education and enforcement to reduce motor vehicle crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities on Florida’s roadways. The program promotes a comprehensive approach to improving community safety and complements other traffic safety training and public information programs, following the format of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) National Challenge Program and the Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

Eligibility
 

Participation is open to state, county, municipal, and college/university law enforcement agencies within Florida.

Benefits of Participation
 

Participating in the Challenge helps law enforcement agencies focus on traffic safety through a comprehensive, data-driven approach. Benefits include an increased focus on traffic safety, opportunities for public recognition of exemplary programs, and documentation of your agency’s effectiveness. The Challenge also supports ongoing traffic safety initiatives and assists agencies in tracking and reporting their overall effectiveness.

Areas of Evaluation
 

Participating law enforcement agencies are scored based on the following areas, which are important to traffic safety:

• Policy & Guidelines: Implementation and adherence to traffic safety and enforcement policies.
   
• Training of Officers: Comprehensive traffic safety training for officers.
   
• Officer Recognition: Agency recognition of officers' contributions to traffic safety through education, outreach, or enforcement.
   
• LEL Program Participation: Engagement with the Florida LEL Program and participation in campaigns such as Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
   
• Public Information & Education: Efforts to educate the public about traffic safety through outreach events, social media, and media coverage.
   
• Traffic Enforcement Activity: Active enforcement of traffic laws.
   
• Traffic Safety Effectiveness: Overall effectiveness of traffic safety initiatives through measurable reductions in crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities.

How to Participate
   

Law enforcement agencies must submit their application via the Florida Law Enforcement Liaison Program website during the application period, which begins in January 2025. The submission will highlight the agency’s traffic safety efforts during the 2024 calendar year. Submissions must be made by midnight on March 31, 2025.

The Challenge is separated into the following categories:

Category 1 – 1 to 15 Officers
Category 2 – 16 to 25 Officers

Category 3 – 26 to 35 Officers

Category 4 – 36 to 50 Officers

Category 5 – 51 to 100 Officers

Category 6 – 101 to 200 Officers

Category 7 – 201 to 400 Officers

Category 8 – 400+ Officers

Category 9 – Florida Highway Patrol (I) 

Category 10 – Florida Highway Patrol (II) 

Category 11 – University/College Police Departments

Category 12 – Champion’s Class (1st place winners from last year)

The top three agencies in each category will receive placement notification letters, a plaque, a challenge coin, and hotel accommodations at the awards ceremony in Orlando, with up to eight (8) rooms per agency covered (FHP will receive twenty (20) rooms for each troop that places). The awards ceremony is scheduled for July 2025 in Orlando, Florida.

For more information, contact your District Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL).