MADD's October 2023 Law Enforcement Newsletter
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October 2023 Mission Moment
Dectective Bobby Garten
Hartford Police Department, Connecticut
End of Watch - September 6, 2023
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On September 6, 2023, Detective Bobby Garten was killed when his patrol car was struck by a fleeing vehicle at the intersection of Asylum Avenue and Broad Street at about 10:30 p.m.
Officers initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle with canceled registration tags. As they approached the vehicle, it sped north on Broad Street; however, officers did not pursue it.
Detective Garten was in the passenger seat of a patrol car traveling east on Asylum Avenue with emergency equipment activated enroute to another incident... Read More...
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MADD October 2023 Officer of the Month
Chief Jonathan Flores
City Manager Parr, Texas
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MADD proudly recognizes Chief Jonathan Flores, retired, formally of the Alton, Texas Police Department, as our Officer of the Month for October 2023. Chief Flores currently is the City Manager in Pharr, Texas where he continues to support MADD. He was the chief in Alton for 5 years and has been in law enforcement for 22 years.
Chief Flores has always been a MADD supporter. He hosted the last in-person MADD Victim Walk/Picnic (pre-pandemic) and is always ready, willing and able to lend a hand with anything MADD need... Read More...
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Chief Jonathan Flores
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MADD October 2023 Guest Author
Impaired Driving Toolkit: "A Law Enforcement Leader's Guide To Saving Lives"
Ron Replogle
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Law Enforcement Initiatives Manager
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Drivers impaired by alcohol and other drugs have been, and continue to be, a major highway and public safety problem. In 2019, there were 10,142 fatalities in crashes involving a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher, accounting for 28 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year. That number increased to 11,718 in 2020 and 13,384 in 2021, for a 28% increase for the two-year period. The 2021 number represents 31% of the 42,939 total crash fatalities.
Impaired driving arrests as reported to the FBI in 2020, were down over 50% from ten years ago... Read More...
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The mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes, and prevent underage drinking.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Office
511 E. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
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877-MADD-HELP
