2018 East Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

About the Workshop

The sixth annual workshop was held April 5, 2018, at CentraCare South Point in St. Cloud, 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 final agenda (PDF)
• Download the workshop e-packet (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Welcome

• Captain Joe Dwyer, Minnesota State Patrol District 2800, and TZD regional co-chair (PDF)

The Breakdown: Regional TZD Data

• Lt. Keith Benz, Minnesota State Patrol District 2800 (PDF)

Bad Bad Highway—Or Is It?

• Tom Dumont, traffic engineer, MnDOT District 3 (PDF)

15 Years of Minnesota TZD: Major Accomplishments and What the Future Holds

• Kristine Hernandez, statewide TZD program coordinator (PDF)

Trauma Care for Everyone

• Sara Stolt, RN BAN CEN, outreach educator, Trauma Services, CentraCare (PDF)

Tots in the Big World

• Michelle Pooler, planner, MnDOT (PDF)

What Did You Do? by Sgt. Lance Turcotte

• Sgt. Lance Turcotte, Minnesota State Patrol District 2800 (PDF)

Wrap Up & Adjourn

• Tom Nixon, East Central TZD regional coordinator (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 East Central 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 3
• East Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Tom Nixon, East Central TZD Regional Coordinator, at 218-828-5830 or thomas.nixon@state.mn.us.