CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGE
Novato Police Department being presented awards at their City Council Meeting. From
left to right: Chief Paul Fontana, Officer Alan Bates, Officer Andrew Barrington, Chief
James Berg, Assistant Commissioner Avery Browne, Sergeant Eric Riddell.
What Is The California Law Enforcement Challenge?
The California Law Enforcement Challenge (CLEC) is a friendly competition between similar size and type of law enforcement
agencies regarding traffic safety programs in California. This Challenge helps agencies engage with their
communities by introducing programs which focus primarily on an agency’s traffic safety efforts in the
areas of occupant protection, impaired driving, speed awareness, as well as a traffic safety issue unique to
the submitting agency’s jurisdiction.
“Participating in the
CLEC not only allows us
to highlight what we have
accomplished in the areas
of traffic safety in a given
year, it encourages and
challenges our officers to
continuously improve our
enforcement, education,
and engineering solutions.”
Chief Christopher W. Boyd
Citrus Heights Police Department
“Law Enforcement
serves many roles in
today’s society and I
am a firm believer that
traffic safety is one of
our core functions. The
CLEC program is an
instrumental tool that
allows police agencies,
through a spirit of competition, to develop best practices
in the education and enforcement of our traffic laws.”
Chief James Berg
Novato Police Department
Previous Commissioner’s Award Winners
• Novato Police Department
• Fresno Police Department
• Livermore Police Department
• Napa Police Department
• San Francisco Police Department
• California State University Police Cal Poly