{"id":128193,"date":"2024-03-14T23:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=128193"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:27:25","slug":"guest-author-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/guest-author-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Author \u2013 March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"128193\" class=\"elementor elementor-128193\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6abf544 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6abf544\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea5f335\" data-id=\"ea5f335\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e898b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e898b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"158\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Retired-Sheriff-John-Whetsel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-128189 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 131px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 131\/158;width:100%;height:120.61%;max-width:131px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Retired-Sheriff-John-Whetsel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-128189\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:120.61%;max-width:131px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce4391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dce4391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Message from Retired Sheriff John Whetsel<br \/>\nBe Your Department\u2019s Leader<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3702f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3702f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuring my 50 years in law enforcement, I led by example. With a mission to save lives, I arrested impaired drivers, both as Chief of Police and as Sheriff. <br \/><br \/>\n\nEvery impaired driver removed from the road is one less crash that will happen, one less person that will die. As a nation, America sadly accepts over 100 traffic fatalities in preventable crashes every day, of which about a third are a result of an impaired driver. <br \/><br \/>\n\nThroughout the years, impaired driving remains a crime that results in needless victims killed or injured by intentional criminal behavior. However, too often when officers do their job and arrest impaired drivers, charges are later reduced. That must end. <br \/><br \/>\n\nWe can stop impaired driving, but it will take a team effort, including bold laws that treat impaired driving as the real crime it is \u2013 murder using a 4,000-pound weapon. It is about protecting those we love \u2026 those we serve. We know that MADD will continue to be a vital partner in our effort to save lives.<br \/><br \/>\n\nEditor\u2019s note: reprinted from the MADD Impaired Driving Toolkit: A Law Enforcement Leaders\u2019s Guide to Saving Lives. The toolkit can be found by <a style=\"color: #b3282d\" href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/818095772\/2\/\">Clicking Here<\/a>, or at the QR Code.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b523a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b523a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"114\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/QR.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-128194 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 112px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 112\/114;width:100%;height:101.79%;max-width:112px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/QR.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-128194\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:101.79%;max-width:112px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Message from Retired Sheriff John Whetsel Be Your Department\u2019s Leader During my 50 years in law enforcement, I led by example. 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