Michigan State Police trooper honored for expertise in enforcing impaired driving laws

Michigan State Police trooper honored for expertise

in enforcing impaired driving laws

Michigan State Police (MSP) Tpr. Robert Lindsay of the Niles Post will be honored during the Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission (GTSAC) annual awards celebration Wednesday at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing for his work as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and aggressive enforcement of drunk drivers.

The commission honors organizations, programs and individuals for outstanding involvement in traffic safety.  The awards ceremony is part of the 25th Annual Michigan Traffic Safety Summit. Three long-term awards, six Outstanding Traffic Safety Achievement awards and one student award are being presented.

Trooper Lindsay has been at the forefront of the fight against impaired driving. He became a DRE in 2016 after several weeks of extensive training and was also selected to be an oral fluid roadside test operator in 2017. He is also a Standardized Field Sobriety Test instructor.

In 2017 and 2018, Trooper Lindsay was a leader in Operating While Intoxicated and Operating Under the Influence of Drugs arrests. He continues to seek training and learn new tactics to improve his abilities to combat drunk and drug-impaired drivers.

The GTSAC was formed in 2002 to serve as the state’s forum for identifying key traffic safety challenges and developing and implementing plans to address those issues. The commission includes representatives from the Michigan Department of Transportation and MSP and departments of: Education, Health and Human Services and State, as well as the Office of the Governor, Aging and Adult Services Agency and Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning. There are also three representatives from local government appointed by the governor.