Beyond the Traffic Stop Award Nomination | Tennessee Traffic Safety Resource Service

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

- All entries in the Beyond the Traffic Stop award program must be based on traffic stops by duly sworn law enforcement officers. Each entry must be submitted by the observing officer’s agency head or superior officer.

- All entries in the award program must be based on a traffic stop occurring between January 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025.

- All entries for the award program must be received by June 27, 2025.

- THSO reserves the right to publicize the winners’ names and the details of each winner’s Beyond the Traffic Stop incident as part of a national and local law enforcement awareness program.

JUDGING CRITERIA

- Entries are based on cases that were built because of a stop for a traffic violation (i.e. seatbelt violation, speeding, DUI etc...).

- Thorough and professional police work by officer(s) to solve crime or to make arrests stemming from the traffic stop.

- Resulting benefit to community, law enforcement, public and highway safety.

- Element(s) of danger or risk to officer(s), citizens and crime victims; details of how officer recognized danger, took effective steps to reduce risks to law enforcement personnel, crime victims, and citizens.

- Thoroughness of submitted entry (e.g., simply stating “See attached report” in lieu of completing each section.) Attachments are encouraged, but concise descriptions are required.

OFFICER INFORMATION

First Name

Middle Initial

Last Name

Rank

AGENCY INFORMATION

Agency Name

Agency Street Address

City

Zip Code

Note: For this entry to be considered by the judge, each of the following sections must be completed. Please do not state “see attached” and submit reports, etc. Attachments are encouraged, but concise descriptions are required.

Date of Stop

Time of Day

Describe the events leading to the stop

Describe the result of the traffic stop

(i.e., crime solved, drug bust, fugitive apprehended)

Other details

Attachments

One file only.
80 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, png, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml.

NOMINATOR INFORMATION

*Note: Each entry must be submitted by the observing officer's agency head or superior officer.

Agency Head/Superior Officer Name

Phone

Fax