Police Partnership Award

Police Partnership

Introduced in 2007, the CCMTA Police Partnership Award honours the achievements and service of active individual police officers, or units in developing key relationships with private or government sector agencies involved in highway transportation safety. As a component of Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025: Towards Zero - The Safest Roads in the World, this award encourages the police, road safety partners and the public to “Rethink Road Safety”.

2019 Recipient - Sgt. Todd Scaplen – RCMP G Division – NT

Scaplen Sergeant Todd Scaplen has been involved in many partnerships with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Department of Infrastructure. These partnerships have been mutually beneficial and have had a profound impact on road safety in the NWT.

Examples include:
     - Providing support in designing NWT’s cannabis legislation
     - Providing support in reviewing and creating fines and penalties
     - Participating in the NWT’s roadside survey for the prevalence of
       drugs and alcohol
     - Taking part of the testing of oral fluid screening devices for
       drugs, specifically those to be used in a northern climate
     - Completing training to become a drug recognition expert (DRE)

These are just a snapshot of Sgt. Scaplen’s accomplishments in the past year, in partnership with the NWT government.

Considering some of the short timeframes for these initiatives, and limited resources in the NWT, these are impressive indeed!

Award Criteria

Submissions should reflect achievements and service of active individual police officers, or units in developing key relationships with private or government sector agencies involved in highway transportation safety at the local, regional, provincial/territorial or national level.
Submissions should recognize police efforts that build partnerships in support of strategies which reduce injury and death due to road crashes, including the lessons learned and results from those efforts.

Nomination Requirements

Only complete nominations will be considered. This includes:

Completed award nomination form.
Brief statement citing the accomplishments that make the nominee deserving of this particular award.
- Nominations should be specific about the achievements for which the award is proposed. Clear, concise information about the accomplishments of the nominee is most useful.
Accomplishments should be linked to the objectives and goal within Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025: Towards Zero - The Safest Roads in the World, this annual award encourages the police, road safety partners and the public to “Rethink Road Safety”.
One or more letters of endorsement should support the nomination.

Recognition

Recipient(s) will be recognized at the CCMTA Annual Meeting.

The award recipient will be notified in advance.

*Travel and accommodation expenses for the person accepting the award is funded by CCMTA .

→ Click here to view previous award recipients

2018 - Essex County OPP (Tecumseh and Lakeshore)
2017 - Ontario Police Commercial Vehicle Committee
2016 - Denis Hull, Ottawa Police Service
2015 - Jimmy Potvin, Sûreté du Québec
2014 - Ontario Provincial Police 407 ETR Detachment
2013 - Ontario Provincial Police, Niagara Detachment
2012 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, "E" Division Traffic Services in Langley, BC
2011 - Toronto Police Service
2010 - Service de Police de la Ville de Québec
2009 - York Regional Police
2008 - RCMP "E" Division, British Columbia Traffic Services
2007 - Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)