2021 Highway Safety Awards:
The Drug Recognition Expert Award
This award is presented to an individual member of the DRE Program who has demonstrated a commitment to Education, Enforcement and Community Engagement to help decrease the incidence of Impaired Driving.
Winner: Trooper Clay Knight, Vermont State Police
The Fletcher Brush Educational Outreach Award
This award is presented to an individual or organization for outstanding educational outreach in the promotion of highway safety priorities for Vermont citizens. This annual award honors Fletcher “Buster” Brush, who exemplified the notion of “service above self.”
Winners: HMC Advertising; Amy Tatko, VTrans; and Rachel Noyes, VTrans
The Highway Safety Achievement Award
This award is presented to an officer who has shown a lifetime of exemplary work and passion for highway safety, while demonstrating teamwork and strong support for their fellow officers and community, over the course of their career. This year VTrans selected two award winners.
Winner: Justice Brian L. Burgess, VT Supreme Court, NHTSA
The Impaired Driving Prevention and Enforcement Award
This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated commitment to Education, Enforcement and Community Engagement to help decrease the incidence of Impaired Driving.
Winner: Heather Grey, Esq., Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
The Ruby Rainault Occupant Protection Award
This award is presented to an individual or organization that has demonstrated commitment to education, enforcement, and community engagement in helping to increase occupant protection use. Late Deputy Sheriff Ruby Rainault was killed in the line of duty in 2003 while on patrol conducting Occupant Protection safety checks. This award is given in her name to a law enforcement officer who best emulates Ruby’s willingness to “do what it takes to help.”
Winners: Sheriff Ray Allen, Lieutenant Donna Polk, and Bridget Campbell, Grand Isle County Sheriff's Department
The Sergeant Michael Johnson Life Saver Award
Sgt. Michael Johnson was a 16 year veteran of the Vermont State Police when he tragically lost his life in the line of duty on June 15, 2003. Sgt. Johnson was deploying spike strips in an attempt to stop a suspect fleeing Troopers in a motor vehicle when the suspect struck Sgt. Johnson with the vehicle and killed him. This award will be presented to an individual who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to highway safety.
Winner: Chief Ron Hoague, Essex Police Department
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2021 Vermont Impaired Driving Summit & VHSA Annual Meeting - PostPoned until 2022
TBD
Killington, VT
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