Region 10 Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL)

Region 10 Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL)

 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) whose primary mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity.  This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment as well as fuel economy standards, investigating safety defects in motor vehicles, conducting research on driver behavior and traffic safety, and providing grants to State and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs.

NHTSA's Region 10, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, requires assistance to secure and coordinate State Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) activities and focus attention on NHTSA national priorities to secure the participation of law enforcement agencies within their States.  State and local agencies are key to delivering highly visible and effective enforcement of traffic laws.  To accomplish our mission, law enforcement agencies need to become familiar with NHTSA's priorities and programs and have the ability to seek out and obtain technical support.  Regional LELs provide this type of support in concert with the National LEL Program and State efforts for the greatest consistency and continuity of effort.

The objective of this contract is to provide a Law Enforcement Liaison for Region 1 to offer technical assistance and support for traffic safety law enforcement outreach through coordination and cooperation with the National Law Enforcement Liaison funding and State LEL operations.  The overall objective of the LEL program is the following:
 

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• Encouraging law enforcement agencies to implement and/or expand traffic safety enforcement, especially high visibility enforcement, across the year.
  

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• Encouraging agencies to improve their ability to plan and execute enforcement based on a data-driven approach of knowing where and when motor vehicle crashes and fatalities occur.
  

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• Supporting States in organizing and conducting law enforcement-related events related to crackdowns and mobilizations at the State or local level
  

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• Obtaining, compiling, and organizing data for presentation to NHTSA.
  

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• Regular reporting to the NHTSA Regional office and Headquarters on workload indicators and performance metrics established by the agreement with the contractor/LEL.