FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sergeant Charles J. Warner
Franklin PD Public Affairs
615.550.6821
cwarner@franklintn.gov

Franklin, TN – At a ceremony yesterday in Nashville, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office recognized the Franklin Police Department as having Tennessee’s best child safety and occupant protection programs. The Department was also recognized as having the best overall traffic safety program of any Tennessee law enforcement agency with between 101 and 200 officers. Officer Rachel Gober, for her dedication and commitment to child passenger safety in Tennessee, was honored with The Director’s Award.

(Officers Chris Grant, James Grummons, Roy Brown, Rachel Gober, TDOT Commissioner John Schroer, Sergeant David Prather, Officers Michael Adcock, Chadd McCulley, and Brad Brandon )

The Law Enforcement Challenge program, coordinated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, recognizes the best overall traffic safety programs in the Country. Franklin Police Sergeant David Prather, who supervises the Department’s traffic unit said, “Focusing on enforcement and education efforts in things like child and occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding doesn’t just win us awards, it saves lives.”

During an October ceremony in Chicago, the Franklin Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be honored with the National Award for Child Passenger Safety for the second consecutive year.

(Not pictured: Officers Gino Fantoni, Lance Tippit, and Matt Smalley)

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