Central Region

Thomas Banks is your Central Florida LEL and lives in the town of Deland. He is a retired detective from the Miami-Dade Police Department with over 30 years experience in law enforcement. Prior to his law enforcement career, Thomas Banks proudly served in the US Air Force, Military Intelligence for six years and is a veteran of the Vietnam War.

The Central Region Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) is responsible for approximately 50 state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies in Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Pasco, Putnam, Sumter, and Volusia Counties. The Central Region LEL coordinates with Local Area Network Coordinators (LANC) who are members of local law enforcement agencies to help facilitate and pass on traffic safety information such as traffic safety training opportunities, DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols, and legal updates. The Central Region meets bi-monthly at Local Area Network (LAN) meetings to discuss local traffic safety issues which include implementation of the Florida Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s traffic safety initiatives such as Click it or Ticket , Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, The Florida Law Enforcement Challenge (FLEC), Florida Motor Unit Challenge (MUC), and the Click it or Ticket (CIOT) Challenge are primary programs in the traffic safety initiative.

For more information on the Law Enforcement Liaison Program in theCentral Region contact:

Thomas Banks

Central Region Law Enforcement Liaison

tbanks1@bellsouth.net

850-363-0531