Traffic Safety Training
IADLEST’s mission is to support the innovative development of professional standards in public safety through research, development, collaboration and sharing of information, to assist states and international partners with establishing effective and defensible standards for the employment and training of public safety personnel.
IADLEST successfully develops valuable partnerships and receives grant funding from federal and state agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). With these and other important partnerships, we are proudly engaged in the following activities:
Reducing crime and crashes while building community trust and legitimacy, in partnership with the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) training and technical assistance program.
Reducing police line of-duty deaths to fewer than one hundred per year, in partnership with Below 100 organization.
New Jersey State Police Alcohol & Drug Testing Unit
NJ Traffic Incident Management (TIM)
Effective TIM reduces the duration and impacts of traffic incidents and improves the safety of motorists, crash victims and emergency responders. The sooner incidents are detected, the sooner personnel can respond to the incident and clear it from the roadway, thereby allowing traffic lanes to re-open.
Kean University, New Jersey Traffic Safety Specialist (TSS) Program
The NJ TSS program intends to promote highway safety among police officers, as well as provide a mechanism for support, acknowledgement, recognition, and prestige among officers who have achieved advanced levels of training proficiency. This award program serves to motivate officers who have attained notable levels of proficiency in traffic safety. A long-term commitment to the program is required, which results in outside recognition of highway safety efforts. This designation is not considered an advanced rank, nor does it qualify for an increase in pay compensation but has been recognized as testament to an officer’s level of training and experience.
For more information, contact:
Michael Tullio
TSS Coordinator
mtullio@kean.edu
P. 609-705-6399
Rutgers University, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)
Rutgers CAIT Offers several online and in-person training topics.
Federal Motor Carrier Administration Truck and Bus Traffic Enforcement
FMCSA’s Truck and Bus Traffic Enforcement Training (TBTE) was developed by NTC in collaboration with law enforcement and designed to enhance officers’ knowledge about the dangers of unsafe truck and bus driving behaviors. The training is designed for all law enforcement officers, not just inspectors. It is available and free to all law enforcement officers and agencies, who can adapt the training course to suit their needs. Through this training, law enforcement officers will learn about:
Violations that cause crashes
Safety concerns before, during, and after vehicle stops
Documentation requirements
Indicators of severe vehicle defects
Specific citation procedures