2018 Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The eighth annual workshop was held May 30, 2018, 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

Welcome and Northeast TZD Regional Highlights

• Captain Ron Silcox, Minnesota State Patrol, District 3100, and TZD regional co-chair Holly Kostrzewski, Northeast Minnesota regional TZD coordinator (PDF)

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

• Kristine Hernandez, Statewide TZD program coordinator (PDF)

The Breakdown: Regional TZD Data

• Mike Hanson, director, Office of Traffic Safety, and Duane Hill, District engineer, MnDOT District 1 and Northeast TZD regional co-chair (PDF)

Bad Ethics, Bad Engineering

• James Cownie, MnDOT Deputy Chief Counsel (PDF)

The Future of TZD: Early Activation

• Amy Saylor, RN, CFRN, CCMTE regional clinical manager, Northeast Region, Hibbing, Duluth and Cloquet Bases, Life Link III, and Lucas Stoflet, EMD/CTO/CFC, lead communication specialist (PDF)

Drug Trends in Northeast Minnesota

• Chad Museus, senior special agent, Minnesota Bureau Criminal Apprehension – Narcotics (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