STOCKTON – AAA spokesman Jim Hanni presented the Rooks County Sheriff’s Department with their first AAA Traffic Safety Award. Sheriff Gary Knight accepted the bronze level award during a recent Rooks County Commission meeting.

AAA works to identify potentially deserving law enforcement agencies and encourage them to apply to AAA, based on their work. The award is to encourage communities to address local traffic safety issues in a coordinated and cost-effective way. To qualify for an award they law enforcement agencies earn points for their work in traffic safety education, emergency medical response, enforcement and engineering.

The Rooks County Sheriff’s Department was recognized in education, for the Community Policing Booth at the Rooks County Fair. For enforcement, they are being recognized for special traffic enforcement work they do with Click It Or Ticket and for their Rooks County Sheriff K-9 Unit

The Rooks County Sheriff Department has qualified for its first AAA award at the BRONZE level, demonstrating a SUBSTANTIAL effort in addressing local traffic safety issues.  They are also the first law enforcement agency in Northwest Kansas to qualify for a AAA Kansas Community Traffic Safety Award in the five years the program has been offered.