SUBJECT: KPD Receives Awards at 2024 THSO Conference.
DATE: August 20th, 2024
GENERAL NARRATIVE
The Kingsport Police Department was the recipient of two awards at the Tennessee Highway Safety Office 36th Annual Tennessee Lifesavers Conference, 20th Annual Law Enforcement Challenge. Agencies and individuals were recognized for excelling in child passenger safety, drug recognition, teen driver safety, traffic enforcement, and more. Every year, the THSO hosts this event to empower highway safety professionals and reward extraordinary efforts made to reduce traffic fatalities statewide.
KPD placed 3rd in the 101 to 200 sworn officer departments in the Law Enforcement Challenge category and was the regional winner for East Tennessee. This year, 62 Law Enforcement Challenge applications were submitted: 13 from the West region, 18 from Middle region, 15 from East region, and 16 from the Cumberland region. Award winners were determined based on the highest accumulation of points in each category. Points were accumulated based on THSO-grant funded activities to increase traffic safety in local communities.
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security advocating for traffic safety. The THSO works in tandem with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement statewide programs addressing occupant protection, impaired driving, speed enforcement, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and crash data collection and analysis. Programs administered by the THSO are 100 percent federally funded. The THSO’s mission is to effectively develop, implement, and evaluate these programs. To learn more, please visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.
Pictured Cpl. Matt McGuire with THSO Director Buddy Lewis.
RELEASING OFFICER
Lieutenant Justin McConnell
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
Office (423) 229-9499, Fax (423) 343-9749
JustinMcConnell@KingsportTN.gov
