Officer in charge
Phone
Fax 304-256-1731
Main 304-256-1720
Service area
Seven counties
Southern West Virginia
Location
501 Neville Street
Beckley, WV 25801
Overview
About the Unit
The Beckley Police Department has long been a strong advocate for highway safety. Since 1991 the department has designated an officer to work with the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Office as the regional highway safety coordinator for southern West Virginia.
The department’s coordinator is one of eight in the state directed by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office to manage and coordinate the highway safety efforts of law enforcement agencies statewide.
The Southern Regional Highway Safety Program serves Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties.
The unit's work
What This Unit Does
Coordinates enforcement activity for up to 36 law enforcement agencies in seven southern counties
Distributes supplemental funding for alcohol enforcement, patrols, and checkpoints
Runs local, state, and national highway safety enforcement campaigns
Delivers law enforcement training, child passenger safety, and driving safety programs
Handles student education and awareness and highway safety media relations
The program
About the Program
What the Coordinator Does
The coordinator’s responsibilities include directing the enforcement activity of up to 36 law enforcement agencies across seven southern counties by distributing supplemental funding for alcohol enforcement and for a wide range of patrols and checkpoints on roadways throughout southern West Virginia.
Other areas of responsibility include coordinating local, state, and national highway safety enforcement campaigns, law enforcement training, child passenger safety, driving safety, student education and awareness, and highway safety media relations.
Counties Served
The Southern Regional Highway Safety Program serves Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties.
Program links
Resources
Southern Regional Highway Safety Program
Serving Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties
Child Passenger Safety
Car seat guidance and recall information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Contact
Contact the Highway Safety Coordinator
For questions about the Southern Regional Highway Safety Program, enforcement campaigns, or child passenger safety, contact the coordinator directly.
Unit contact
Mailing address
Beckley Police Department
501 Neville Street
Beckley, WV 25801
Main line
Fax
304-256-1731