Law Enforcement and Public Safety Initiatives

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to procure a one (1) year contract to the unique qualification of The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund on a non-competitive, sole-source basis. Despite advances in equipment and training, traffic?related incidents continue to claim the lives of hundreds of law enforcement officers�297 over the past decade, making roadway dangers nearly as deadly as gunfire (376) for today�s officers. (https://nleomf.org/memorial/facts-figures/officer-fatality-data/officer-deaths-by-year/). With the recent partnership between the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Below 100 is designed to drastically reduce law enforcement line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) and injuries by fostering a stronger culture of safety and promoting, through training, the "Five Tenets" of officer safety. The collaboration focuses on reducing preventable deaths, particularly in the areas of traffic accidents and officer-involved crashes, to bring annual fatalities to below 100, a number not seen since 1943. The proposed project will collect data on line of duty deaths, develop communications, programs, and educational materials, and advance the NHTSA mission through web-based content, social media, and evolving technology that will focus on the agency priorities related to officer safety.