Safety & Homeland Security

  • National Hurricane Preparedness Week Starts May 26 While many across the county will take time to remember past heroes over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, emergency management officials will also note the beginning of National Hurricane Preparedness WeekMay 23, 2013
  • Capitol Police Recognizes Officers for Outstanding Achievements Delaware Capitol Police were recognized for their quick thinking and acts of bravery during the New Castle County Courthouse shooting incident. May 20, 2013
  • All-Hazard Mitigation Plan Public Meeting Scheduled The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) has scheduled a public meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2012, to present updates to the State All-Hazard Mitigation Plan.May 20, 2013
  • 2013 CLICK IT OR TICKET “Border to Border” Enforcement May 20th On the morning of May 20th, Delaware will be joining forces with Pennsylvania and Maryland to mobilize the Click It or Ticket (CIOT) “Border to Border” enforcement operation. Delaware State Police and Delaware River and Bay Authority Police will be joining Pennsylvania law enforcement at the Delaware Memorial Bridge to provide increased seat belt enforcement at border sites including I-95, I-495, and I-295. Selbyville PD will be teaming up with Worchester County Sheriff’s Department on Rt. 113 at the Maryland/Delaware border to conduct seat belt enforcement. All agencies will be sending a ‘zero tolerance’ message to the public: Driving or riding unbuckled will result in a ticket, no matter what State. Several other states will also be participating in other areas along the northeast including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts.May 17, 2013
  • Click It or Ticket The Click It or Ticket campaign will be in full effect with statewide overtime seat belt enforcement starting Monday, May 13th through 27th. Daily enforcement traffic safety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted day & night by 31 state, local, and municipal police agencies and statewide. Much of the enforcement will occur in the afternoons and evenings when the majority of unrestrained injuries and fatal crashes occur.May 13, 2013
  • Do You Turn Into A Different Person Behind The Wheel? The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS) wants to know if you turn into a different person behind the wheel as they launch the agency’s aggressive driving campaign for 2013. The agency is building upon the brand “Respect the Sign” and reminding all drivers that aggressive driving is more than just speeding and is highlighting the other traffic behaviors drivers are likely to do such running stop signs, failing to yield, and changing lanes in an unsafe manner. The campaign will include high-visibility enforcement and awareness initiatives aimed at reducing aggressive driving-related traffic deaths.May 6, 2013
  • Office of Highway Safety Announces Results from Latest Phone in One Hand. Ticket in the Other. Crackdown. Today, the Office of Highway Safety (OHS) announced the results of the second installment of the high visibility distracted driving enforcement campaign, Phone in One Hand. Ticket in the Other.April 29, 2013
  • Delaware Safety and Homeland Security Utilizes Technology Solution to Enhance School Security Planning Statewide Governor Markell and Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) Secretary Lewis D. Schiliro marked the next step in the statewide school safety planning process that will involve the development of a web-based portal to serve as a repository for all Delaware public school safety plans.April 24, 2013
  • Are You A Looker? Motorcyclists Are Looking Out For You. With winter gone and spring bringing warmer weather, more motorcyclists are out on the roads. The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS) is reminding motorists to keep an eye out for motorcyclists because they are looking out for you.April 12, 2013
  • Delaware Law Enforcement Continues to Crackdown on Distracted Drivers with Phone in One Hand. Ticket in the Other. Campaign Beginning today, Delaware State Police along with 39 municipal law enforcement agencies will again be cracking down on distracted drivers statewide as part of the second wave of the Phone in One Hand. Ticket in the Other. enforcement campaign to save lives on Delaware roadways.April 9, 2013
  • Emergency Sirens To Be Tested The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware State Police will conduct a quarterly test April 8, 2013
  • Troopers Launch Mobile Crime Tip App The Delaware State Police and Delaware.gov in conjunction with Delaware Interactive, LLC have just launched a new mobile Tip Line application on both Android and iOS platforms. The new Mobile Tip Line provides an additional, convenient, method where anyone can submit a crime tip straight from their mobile device.April 2, 2013
  • 271 Motorists Cited For Not Buckling Up At Night Two hundred seventy-one (271) motorists were cited for not buckle up at night during the first seat belt enforcement campaign of 2013. Officers from 6 police departments plus Delaware State Police worked over 421 hours of overtime enforcement looking for unbelted motorists.March 22, 2013
  • 6th Annual Hazardous Materials Training Workshop April 5-6 Registration is open for the 6th annual Hazardous Materials Training WorkshopMarch 15, 2013
  • Don’t Depend on the Luck o’ the Irish to Get You Out of a DUI Tomorrow Saturday March 16th the New Castle County DUI Task Force will be conducting a DUI checkpoint in Wilmington and 13 other municipal police departments will be conducting DUI patrols to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day festivities across the state.March 15, 2013