Brian Muhlbach serves as the Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) for FDOT District 3. He has over 20 years of law enforcement experience, including supervisory and leadership roles as a Sergeant overseeing patrol operations and traffic enforcement. His background includes extensive experience in community policing, DUI enforcement, training, traffic homicide investigations, and grant management. As an instructor, Brian has developed and led courses on crash investigations, traffic enforcement strategies, de-escalation techniques, and other specialized topics. In addition to his role as an LEL, he continues to serve in a part-time capacity as a sworn deputy sheriff and agency instructor.

As the District 3 LEL, Brian partners with and supports approximately 57 law enforcement agencies across 16 Northwest Florida counties to strengthen traffic enforcement and engagement initiatives. His responsibilities include facilitating and increasing agency participation in campaigns such as Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, and Operation Southern Slow Down; coordinating high-visibility enforcement operations, press conferences, and public safety events; conducting training sessions and Local Area Network (LAN) meetings; and assisting agencies in securing and managing grant funding to enhance traffic safety programs. He actively serves on state traffic safety coalitions and Community Traffic Safety Teams (CTSTs) throughout the district and manages the exchange of critical information, including officer training, crash data and trends, checkpoint planning, and legal updates, as well as evaluating law enforcement contributions to traffic safety initiatives, policies, education efforts, and enforcement activities through the Florida Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Challenge.