Plan
Help agencies choose the right enforcement and education partners for a corridor — not a one-week blitz that disappears.
New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
New Jersey Law Enforcement Liaison Program
The working link between the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
- Regional LELs
- 2
- Counties served
- 21
- Traffic Safety Tuesday
- Weekly
- Acceptable deaths
- Zero
The assignment
The New Jersey Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) Program
is a partnership among the State Highway Safety Offices (HSOs), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), and law enforcement agencies. The New Jersey LELs are former Chiefs who now serve as connectors by promoting state and national priorities, identifying statewide strategy, and facilitating the execution of local enforcement, ensuring that traffic safety initiatives are evidence-based, prevention-focused, measurable, and operationally achievable. LELs also play a critical role in advancing the implementation of a comprehensive, inclusive, and community-informed traffic safety system by building relationships with local organizations, advocacy groups, and diverse populations.
Mobilize
Recruit every willing department into national and state campaigns: Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, Put the Phone Down distracted driving, Goal Zero, occupant protection, speed, and Move Over.
Sustain
Report what worked, share crash data, and keep traffic safety in the weekly rhythm of New Jersey policing.
People
Email the deskYour Law Enforcement Liaisons
Southern Region
Chief Michael J. Morris, Ret.
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem Counties.
Statewide Law Enforcement Liaison with the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. Recruits agencies into national and state mobilizations and supports sustained traffic enforcement.
mmorris@njsacop.org
Northern Region
Chief William G. Parenti, Ret.
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties.
Statewide Law Enforcement Liaison covering northern New Jersey. Helps agencies plan, staff, and report highway safety work that actually reduces crashes.
wparenti@njsacop.orgFor chiefs
Speed Enforcement Capability and Accountability
Survey window May 5–July 15, 2026. Two hundred New Jersey agencies, all 21 counties. Most chiefs already treat speeding as a real threat. Far fewer have a written strategy, crash-timed deployment, or a system that can tell leadership whether the work is changing driver behavior.
- Agency responses
- 200
- Say speeding is a significant problem
- 82%
- Have a formal written strategy
- 20%
- Cite staffing as a top barrier
- 72%
Briefing
Full archiveTraffic Safety Tuesday
This week’s bulletin and social-media graphics for New Jersey agencies. Open the PDFs — they are the same packages sent each Tuesday.
This week · October 27, 2026
Halloween
Halloween brings more children into neighborhoods, often after dark and in costumes that make them harder to see. Slow down, stay alert, and never drive impaired. YTD fatal picture: 414 crashes / 431 deaths, down 9.3% (−44) from 2025. Goal Zero is Saturday, October 31: pedestrians by day, DWI after dark. English and Spanish posts from the Brain Injury Alliance and the Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Coalition.
The latest from the Division of Highway Traffic Safety
NJDHTS Traffic Officers Meeting · November 2026
November’s note is Click It or Ticket through Thanksgiving, then the holiday impaired-driving push. FY2026 final grant reporting was due October 31. The year-end Drive Sober portal closes November 6.
October 20, 2026
Teen Driver Safety Week
Teen Driver Safety Week is October 18–24, and National School Bus Safety Week is October 19–23. YTD fatal picture: 402 crashes / 419 deaths, down 10.7% (−50) from 2025. Social posts from the Brain Injury Alliance and the Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Coalition, English and Spanish: extra caution at dusk.
October 13, 2026
E-bike safety
Pedestrian Safety Month continues, and Teen Driver Safety Week is October 18–24. YTD fatal picture: 393 crashes / 409 deaths, down 10.5% from 2025. Pedestrian Safety Enforcement training is October 20 in Fairfield. Mainland Regional High School e-bike posts, English and Spanish, from the U Got Brains program.
Built with
The agencies that fund, train, and carry the work.
NJDHTS
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
GHSA
Governors Highway Safety Association
NJPTOA
New Jersey Police Traffic Officers' Association
IACP
International Association of Chiefs of Police
NJSACOP
New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police