Florida Law Enforcement Challenge

What is the Law Enforcement Challenge Program?

The Florida Law Enforcement Challenge is a competition between similar size and types of law enforcement agencies. It recognizes and rewards the best overall traffic safety programs in Florida. The areas of concentration include efforts to enforce laws and educate the public about occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding, and other areas of traffic safety. Departments submit an application that documents their agency's efforts and effectiveness in these areas. The winning safety programs are those that combine officer training, public information and enforcement to reduce crashes and injuries within their respective jurisdictions.

Why does the FDOT conduct this program?

This program is financed through grants from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the National Highway Traffic safety Administration (NHTSA). Proven by research, it is well known that an increase in traffic enforcement in a community results in a decrease in motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. In fact, no other single program or strategy works as well as the Law Enforcement Challenge in making the roads safer. This program complements all the other training and public information programs that the FDOT and NHTSA implement to promote traffic safety.

What is in it for my Agency?

This competition is a friendly way for departments to increase their attention to traffic safety. It provides opportunities for public recognition of exemplary programs, incentives for continuing traffic safety activities, and documentation of agency effectiveness that can be used in future grant proposals. Every agency conducts some traffic safety program. Merely documenting the current activity has produced many winners. This documentation can help provide accountability and prove the value of a strong traffic program. Being a winner brings a great deal of positive attention to a department and enhances an agency's reputation as a department that is "tough on crime" and yet prioritizes traffic safety.

How are the applications scored?

Once an application is received the data will be entered into a standardized formulated spreadsheet for scoring purposes. The application has a total of 200 possible points. Please review the Instruction manual before completing your application. The instruction manual will explain each section of the application and the maximum points assigned to each section. After applications are scored, the agencies are ranked in their categories.

A minimum of 100 points must be earned to receive an award.

Please read the Florida Law Enforcement Challenge Instructions before applying for this challenge.

Funded by Florida Department of Transportation