2024 MADD South Carolina Law Enforcement Recognition Award Nomination Portal

Introducing the MADDY's!

 

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Trainings for law enforcement will be offered on Friday, May 17th before the dinner. These trainings are free for anyone attending the dinner Friday night. More details to follow.

We also thank our Presenting Sponsor, the Kenneth Berger Law Firm and Captain Sponsor, Yarborough Applegate, for their generous support.

 This event is made possible through the generous support of the Cauthen Donor Advised Fund.

 

1.     Below you will see the listing of all available categories, please select one category for this nomination form.

Note: you may nominate someone for multiple categories or nominate multiple people for the same category, but you must complete a new submission form through this portal each time. The nominee will get an immediate notification and will be able to see the full nomination.

2.     Fill out the nominee’s contact information. Please attempt to be as accurate as possible. (Official police department, title, full first name etc.) This will allow for both accurate judging if someone is nominated more than once and for proper acknowledgement at the recognition dinner.

3.     Please fill out your information as the nominator. Once the form is complete you will receive a confirmation of this submission via the contact information entered during this step.  Anyone can submit a nomination and self-nomination is allowed.

Please contact us at the MADD South Carolina State Office with any questions at 803-748-7333 ext. 5258 or via email at Steven.Burritt@madd.org.

This award will be given to an officer that has shown outstanding efforts in reducing impaired driving through a combination of high enforcement activity, participating in awareness and prevention efforts on their own or through partnerships, supporting or training other officers, and other contributions to prevent impaired driving. This recognition will not be solely based on number of arrests, though that should be included in the nomination. *A nomination for this award automatically makes the nominee eligible for the DUI Enforcers of the Year (see below).

For this award, MADD SC will recognize the officers with the top five 2023 DUI arrest totals among nominees from the Highway Patrol and top five from local agencies. *If the nomination is being made solely for this award but not for DUI Enforcement Hero of the Year (see above), then only their arrest total needs to be submitted.

This award will recognize all nominated South Carolina officers who have 1,000 or more DUI and/or BUI arrests in their career. Do not forget to specify the number. *Please note that officers can be nominated annually for this honor provided more arrests have been made during the previous calendar year.

This award will be given to an agency that collectively has shown outstanding efforts in reducing impaired driving through a combination of high enforcement activity, implementing effective strategies like public safety checkpoints, participating in awareness and prevention efforts on their own or through partnerships, and other innovations/contributions to prevent impaired driving. Data on reduced crash outcomes is welcome but not required. Only local agencies are eligible for this award.

This award will be given to a certified Drug Recognition Expert officer who has excelled in their contributions as a DRE. Possible areas to highlight could include: number of evaluations conducted for the officer’s own department and for other departments, proficiency in DRE skills, positive outcomes in court testimony, training other officers on alcohol/drug detection or prosecution, other contributions to the overall DRE program, community education efforts, and other efforts to prevent drunk or drugged driving.

This award will be given to a first responder who has gone above and beyond in demonstrating support and compassion for a victim(s) of an impaired driving crash. Please list any specific examples of how the first responder has surpassed their normal duties to support victims individually or collectively. The nomination may be based on a single, notable act of compassion or consistent “above and beyond” actions. A first responder includes any of the following; law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and/or coroners. Possible areas to highlight could include: empathy and concern shown for victim(s) while at the scene of the crash or in the hospital, going above the call of duty to assist victims and/or family members by providing pertinent information or checking in with victim(s) and/or family members after a crash, supporting victim(s) and/or family members compassionately at a court appearance, coordinating needed services/resources for a victim(s), supporting victim(s) in their efforts to advocate against impaired driving, advocating for the rights of all victims, or any other notable meaningful and compassionate acts to support individual victims or victims collectively.

This award serves to recognize a law enforcement officer who has shown excellence in his or her 2023 efforts to promote safety on the water through proactive DUI enforcement, promoting BUI awareness and education, and engaging in meaningful partnerships to advance BUI prevention.

This award serves to recognize the work of a SLED Alcohol Unit Agent who has shown excellence in his or her 2023 efforts to reduce underage drinking through a combination of proactive enforcement of licensed establishments, establishing and strengthening partnerships with other prevention efforts, and promoting education and awareness.

This award will be given to a prosecutor who spends a majority of his/her time working on impaired driving cases, felony or misdemeanor. Possible areas to highlight could include: case load, conviction rate (ideally specified between DUI/DUAC convictions vs. lesser charges), empathy/communication with victims, law enforcement partnerships, involvement in training (officers, community members, other prosecutors, judiciary, etc.), involvement in drunk and drugged driving prevention efforts, and other innovations/contributions to area of DUI prosecution.

This award serves to recognize an Alcohol Enforcement Teams that have shown excellence in 2023 efforts to reduce underage drinking and related consequences. Criteria for a successful application could include high enforcement numbers, evidence of impact on underage drinking and consequences, effective awareness initiatives, and strong partnerships between law enforcement agencies and with community partners.

This award will be given to a community group/coalition or individual (non-law enforcement) that has excelled in efforts to prevent underage drinking through environmental and policy strategies or educational/awareness efforts.

This award will be given to an agency/organization for either a consistently strong social media presence over time emphasizing DUI prevention over time or a single event or campaign supporting DUI prevention. The nominee can be but does not have to be a law enforcement agency.

This award will be given to a youth group/coalition or one outstanding young person that has excelled in efforts to prevent underage drinking or DUI through education/awareness efforts to other youth or to adults, participation in community prevention efforts, or other innovations/contributions to underage drinking prevention.

Nomination Form

NOMINEE INFORMATION:(person being nominated)

Please use nominee's given name. This will help ensure that the nominee gets credit for all of the nominations coming in for him/her per category should they be nominated by more than one person, all information will be put in the judging packet. Thank you - MADD Staff

NOTE:  Upon submission of this nomination, the nominee will receive an email that they have been nominated, for what award, and by whom.  

NOMINATED BY: (your information)