2024/25 Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge

Congratulations to the 2024/25 Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge Winners! The traffic safety challenge recognizes law enforcement agencies in Illinois for their outstanding efforts in traffic safety. It promotes a multi-faceted approach to improving community safety related to traffic and awards the best overall traffic safety programs across the state. The Challenge encourages agencies to adopt a comprehensive strategy to enhance safety through various traffic safety initiatives, policies, education, and enforcement activities. Winning agencies will be recognized at an awards breakfast in August at the Midwest Police and Security Expo in Tinley Park. Congratulations again to all the agencies and officers dedicated to making Illinois roads safer!

You can view a complete list of winners by clicking here.

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Now is the Time! To start working on your 2025 Traffic Safety Challenge Programs

The Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge is a friendly competition between like size and type agencies that encourages law enforcement agencies to prioritize traffic safety and reduce crashes and fatalities. By participating, agencies can focus on traffic safety initiatives, receive recognition for their efforts, and gain valuable insights into their effectiveness. The Challenge also provides opportunities for sharing best practices and collaborating with other agencies.

When should I start? The Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge is judged on efforts during the previous calendar year. If you are considering applying, you need to start documenting your agencies traffic safety effort NOW! This will ensure you have time to develop, organize and participate in activities that you can include in your application. The Traffic Safety Challenge Directors can assist with providing information, suggestions and application templates even if you are halfway through the current calendar year.

Assistance: The Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge aids any agency who is considering applying. This is in the form of in-person meetings, How To seminars and template application examples.

Questions and assistance requests can be referred to Director Scott Kristiansen, 847.456.2293 or scottkilacp@gmail.com, or Director Paul Rizzo at 224.286.0102 or prizzolel@gmail.com.