Jon Askins serves as the Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) for FDOT District 5. He retired as a Captain with the Winter Park Police Department in 2017 after more than 25 years of service as a sworn officer. Jon has trained law enforcement officers across the U.S. with the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), helped develop training standards with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and contributed to pedestrian and cyclist safety programs in collaboration with the Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM). He has also served as an instructor for the Florida Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Training Institute and served as a certified Crime Prevention Practitioner, specializing in wayfinding and public safety in areas where vehicles and pedestrians share public spaces. Jon holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice Administration and is a Past President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 64. 

As the District 5 LEL, Jon partners with and supports approximately 59 law enforcement agencies across seven North Central 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.