Chief Darrell Dixon of the Patterson Police Department has completed the LIDAR speed measurement course taught by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth.
Dixon has been Patterson’s chief of police since January and has been in law enforcement for 20 years.
Speed consistently ranks as one of the top five contributing factors resulting in serious injury and fatality incidents.
The speed detection course is designed to improve the effectiveness of speed enforcement through the proper and efficient use of police traffic LIDAR and RADAR speed measurement instruments.
Training and proactive enforcement will enable law enforcement to have an impact in reducing these speed related incidents and ultimately saving lives.
Funding for this program has been provided by the State of Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
