2019 Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The ninth annual workshop was held May 22, 2019, at Timberlake Lodge in Grand Rapids, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Download the workshop agenda (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Setting the Direction for the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety Engineer and Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Alison Hawley, Research Analysis Specialist, DPS Office of Traffic Safety; Tina Roelofs, Athey Creek Consultants; and Richard Storm, HDR (PDF)

We Can Stop the Fire! How to Stop Adding Fuel to the Fire: Verbal De-escalation Skills

• Donelle Hintermeister, Training and Development Specialist, Minnesota State Patrol Training and Development Section (PDF)

Right Seat, Right Place

• Allison Nicolson, Essentia Health Injury Prevention Coordinator; Lt. Jason Hanson, Minnesota State Patrol; Dr. Browning, Pediatric Trauma Surgeon; and John Parenteau, Child Passenger Safety Liaison (PDF)

TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap

• Julie Whitcher, State Rail Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicles (PDF)

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program
• Network with other traffic safety advocates

Who Should Attend

• Community law enforcement
• Engineers
• Educators
• Emergency medical services
• Local policymakers
• Traffic safety advocates

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 1
• Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Holly Kostrzewski, Northeast TZD Regional Coordinator, at holly.kostrzewski@state.mn.us or 218-725-2828.