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2018 Hotel Reservation Form Now Available

January 21 to 24, 2018

Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Albany, NY

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See right for information about dinner hosted by Securewatch24 and Sheriffs Apple, Russo and Zurlo where new thermal imaging cameras will be demonstrated.

RSVP directly to: pfox@securewatch24.com.

Photo (l to r): Ulster County Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum, Captain Vincent Altieri, and First Sergeant Allen Rowe.

At the Decmeber Meeting of the Law Enforcement Accreditation Council, Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Ulster County Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum, and Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts all received re-accreditation of the law enforcement division and were presented with the Certificate of Accreditation. The John Kimball O’Neil Certificate of Achievement was awarded to one member from each county for their leadership in the accreditation effort. Recipients were: Livingston County Deputy A. Gary Miller (Undersheriff Matthew Bean accepted the award on his behalf); Ulster County First Sergeant Allan Rowe; and Wayne County Undersheriff Jeffrey Fosdick (Sgt./Inv. Kevin Kuntz accepted award on behalf of the Undersheriff.)

Photo (l to r): Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Undersheriff Matthew Bean, and Chief Deputy Matthew Burgess.

Photo (l to r): Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts, Sergeant/Inv. Kevin Kuntz.

Niagara County

Niagara County Sheriff James Voutour represented the Traffic Safety Committee of the National Sheriff’s Association last month at a program in front of U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington. Voutour joined Elaine L. Chao, secretary of transportation, for the kick-off remarks for the National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week event. The sheriff said vehicle crashes cost Americans $871 billion last year in lost productivity, medical costs, and legal and court costs.

Since 2000, 160 law enforcement officers were struck and killed by vehicles according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, accounting for more than half of the line-of-duty deaths. And more than half of those officers failed to wear seat belts. "We can do better,” Voutour said. “We must do better."

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - Holiday Season Campaign

Dec. 13 - Dec. 31, 2017

The NHTSA and the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee share the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign for the holiday season.

Campaign Materials are available on the  NHTSA Website .

We have pulled together a folder of social media messaging, images and gifs to help Sheriffs get the word out there. Click here to access the folder in Google Drive. Download the files you'd like to use.