Virginia Commonwealth U Ranks 1st in US for Traffic Safety Initiatives

The International Association of Chiefs of Police has selected the VCU Police Department as first in the nation among colleges and universities for the organization's 2014 National Law Enforcement Challenge.
Published: July 24, 2014

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has selected the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police Department as first in the nation among colleges and universities for the organization’s 2014 National Law Enforcement Challenge. The challenge recognizes law enforcement traffic safety programs for 2013, focusing on those that address issues such as impaired driving, occupant protection and speeding.

“An urban campus with increased pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic presents challenges that the department has responded to with education and enforcement programs that are unparalleled on other college campuses,” said Dana Schrad, executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, the organization that coordinates the LEC program in Virginia. “Some of VCU’s best campus traffic safety programs now serve as models for other colleges and universities.”

The VCU Police Department is recognized for its numerous initiatives, including (but not limited to):

  • Unveiling a Win or Lose cruiser, a police vehicle outfitted as half patrol car and half taxi cab with DUI messaging to promote the use of taxi cabs versus impaired driving.
  • Participating in multiple DUI checkpoints along roadways on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus with Virginia State Police and the Richmond Police Department.
  • Hosting safety talks on roadway safety, bicycle laws and safety, drunk driving and pedestrian safety that reached 11,600 students and parents and more than 5,000 VCU employees in 2013.

VCUPD was involved in Mothers Against Drunk Driving programs, “Click It Or Ticket” seat belt enforcement checkpoints, offered a distracted driver simulator on campus and trained new officers on how to properly detect and test impaired drivers.

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The department was also honored with the 2013 Governor’s Transportation Safety Award in the law enforcement category for its commitment to safety on the road.

 

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