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Highway Safety Projects
Johnson and Associates provides project management and
grant administration services for the Wyoming Department of
Transportation - Highway Safety Program. Johnson and
Associates has been administering the grants process for the
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program in Wyoming since 2008.
This program provides grant funding to all law enforcement agencies in Wyoming for equipment purchases and for overtime enforcement of speed, seatbelt and impaired driving laws.
Johnson and Associates also provides project evaluation and research services for several highway safety initiatives. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Projects completed:
- Conducted a Management Study and provided technical assistance for the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council.
- Conducted a Management Study and provided technical assistance for the Massachusetts Police Standards and Training Council.
- Trained management and administrative personnel of the Lithuania National Police on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice - ICITAP. Forty-hour school entitled: The Office of Professional Responsibility.
- Trained law enforcement investigative personnel of the Lithuania National Police on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice – ICITAP. Eighty-hour school entitled: Sex Crimes Investigation.
- Conducted a project evaluation of the Substance Abuse Division’s funding of Responsible Server Training inWyoming. Report initiated legislative change.
- Conducted Management Study and provided management technical assistance for the Substance Abuse Division of the Wyoming Department of Health.
- Conducted feasibility study for the Town of Wright, Wyoming “Should the Town of Wright create its own police department?”
- Managed the Wyoming First Lady’s Initiative to Reduce Childhood Drinking – November 2004 – September 2006.
- Developed Public Information Booklet entitled “Wyoming Residents Voice Their Concerns and Opinions about Alcohol Issues in Wyoming” – January 2008, for the Wyoming Department of Health – Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division
- Managed an eleven-month review process and authored the report for the Wyoming Prevention Framework Communities (prevention coalitions in all twenty-three counties in Wyoming and the Wind River Indian Reservation): "A Comprehensive Review of Alcohol State Statutes: Findings and Recommendations for Reducing Underage and Binge Drinking in Wyoming."
Managed a number of projects/authored reports on behalf of the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police:
- Statewide Public Opinion Survey: Alcohol Issues and Policies (phone survey of 4,600 residents of Wyoming – Report released November 2006
- Evaluation of Alcohol Factors in Custodial Arrests in Wyoming - May 2005
- Evaluation of Alcohol Factors in Custodial Arrest in Wyoming - 2006: Phase I (data collection), Phase II (Analysis, Findings and Strategies)
- Evaluation of Alcohol Factors in Custodial Arrest in Wyoming – 2007
- Evaluation of Alcohol Factors in Custodial Arrest in Wyoming – 2008
- Reducing Underage Drinking and Driving Initiative – October 2007 to October 2009
- Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Grant Program – September 2007 to April 2009
- Wyoming Communities in Action Initiative – September 2007 to April 2009
- Alcohol and Crime Wyoming: 2006-2008
- Project Evaluation - Wyoming Communities in Action Initiative
- Alcohol and Crime in Wyoming - 2009/2010
- Alcohol and Crime in Wyoming - 2010
- Alcohol and Crime in Wyoming - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Evaluation of Alcohol Factors in Custodial Arrests in Wyoming - 2012, 2013, 2014 Data Collection
- WASCOP - Youth and Alcohol Data - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Created and maintained the website for the Wyoming First Lady’s Initiative to Reduce Childhood Drinking http://wfli.org – December 2004 to May 2010
- Facilitator for the Wyoming Safe Communities Project
- Project Manager - Enhanced DUI Enforcement Initiative
- Project Manager - Enhanced OP Enforcement Initiative
- Project Manager - Highway Safety Media Coordinators Project
- Coordinator for Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming: A national initiative directed by the US Department of Justice aimed at reducing gun crimes and gang violence in this country. Initiative was in operation for six years of operation in Wyoming.
- Facilitator for the Wyoming Seat Belt Coalition: November 2006 to October 2014
- Facilitator for the Governor's Council on Impaired Driving - September 2011 through September 2020
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Projects In Progress:
- Alcohol and Crime in Wyoming Report - 2020
- Coordination and Administration of Wyoming's Law Enforcement Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Grants
- WASCOP - Youth and Alcohol Data - 2020
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Governor's Council on Impaired Driving
Johnson and Associates provided facilitation and coordination
services for the Governor's Council on Impaired Driving for nine years. This
Council was created by Wyoming Governor Matthew Mead by
Executive Order in 2011.
Please visit the Council's public website http://wygcid.org for information about the issues and concerns resulting from persons who drive while impaired in Wyoming. And remember,
"The best defense against an impaired driver is wearing your seat belt!"
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Project Safe Neighborhoods
Johnson and Associates provided facilitation and coordination services for Wyoming
Project Guardian, Wyoming's "branding" of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a national
initiative to reduce gun crimes and violence in this country. PSN (as this initiative is
commonly referred) provided grants to local governmental entities for graffiti abatement
and innovative efforts to reduce gun crimes and violence in their communities.
PSN also provided annual training for law enforcement, prosecutors and corrections officers in the state.
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Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police
Johnson and Associates provides management consulting services for the
Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police and manages many of the
Association's projects and initiatives. Johnson and Associates also provides staff
support services for the Association's Traffic Safety Committee.
Please go to http://wascop.com to learn more about the Wyoming Association of
Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police and the various initiatives the Association has in progress.
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