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The Kent County Sheriff's Office announced last week that Deputy Tim Erhardt has received the first “Secondary Road Patrol Deputy of  the Year" Award from the Michigan Office of Highway Safety and Planning in conjunction with the Michigan Sheriff’s Association.

Deputy Erhardt has been ssigned to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department. Traffic Enforcement Unit for the past nine years. In March of 2009 he reached his career milestone of issuing 10,000 written citations. He has made numerous traffic stops leading to felony drug and other criminal charges. 

In the summer of 2007, Kent County had several serious personal injury vehicle crashes and six teenagers lost their lives. The crash investigations indicated the drivers were distracted then each crash occurred. Kent County took the lead in providing distracted driving awareness programs to the teens of Kent County. Deputy Erhardt has been the lead deputy in this initiative. 

In 2009 Deputy Erhardt coordinated with five area high  schools and promoted a distracted driver awareness student competition. Teams from each high school submitted a poster as well as a video demonstrating the dangers of driving while distracted. The event was judged by local media officials. The winners were invited to an awards ceremony. The winner of the poster contest had their work displayed on a large full size billboard visible to traffic in US 131 and the winner of the video contest had their video ran as a public service announcement on local television.

Click here to download the official news release from the Kent County Sheriff's Office