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Newberry Police Department re-accredited; receives Target Zero traffic enforcement award
Summary
At the July 9 meeting Newberry Police Department received a re-accreditation certificate from state accreditation officials and a 2023 Target Zero Gold Level Award for traffic enforcement, recognizing the department among about 40 accredited agencies in South Carolina.
State accreditation officials presented the Newberry Police Department with a certificate of re-accreditation during the July 9 Newberry City Council meeting. Terrence Green of the South Carolina State Accreditation Board and JJ Jones, director of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association, made the presentation to Chief of Police Kevin Goodman.
Council members were told that the department is one of about 40 agencies in South Carolina to hold the re-accreditation recognition. In a separate presentation, representatives of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Gill Knox and Harold Moore, presented the department with a 2023 Law Enforcement Zero Challenge Gold Level Award for traffic-enforcement efforts tied to the Target Zero Challenge, a statewide effort focused on reducing traffic-fatality collisions.
Mayor Foster Senn also issued proclamations during the meeting designating August 6, 2024 as National Night Out and naming July as Park and Recreation Month for the city.
