Wayland Police Department
Press Release
November 17, 2009
Chief Robert Irving is pleased to announce that the Wayland Police Department was awarded an “Award of Excellence Silver Category” for Municipal Police Departments, in the 2008 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Challenge. This award is sponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, with support from the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. It is based on efforts in communities to curb motor vehicle accidents and uses a number of criteria to evaluate the department’s motor vehicle enforcement efforts. Data from 2008 was used to assess the Wayland Police Department’s efforts in speed enforcement, O.U.I. enforcement, safety belt usage, and overall enforcement activity.
Total crashes decreased from 302 in 2007 to 246 in 2008. The department’s Community Services Officer, Mark Wilkins, completed the application for the Law Enforcement Challenge with assistance from Administrative Sergeant, Thomas Galvin.
This year’s award was presented at a ceremony at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on November 17th.
From Top Left to Right: Sheila Burgess, Director, Highway Safety Division of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Marian McGovern, Superintendent and Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police Philip Weiser, Regional Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Chief Robert Meaney, Chairman of Traffic and Highway Safety, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Sandra McCroom, Executive Director, Office of Grants and Research Sergeant Thomas Galvin, Wayland Police Department Chief Robert Irving, Wayland Police Department Community Services Officer Officer Mark Wilkins, Wayland Police Department
