Louisiana Fricke Cooper Achievement Award Recipients Honored
On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Crash Director Adam Hyde had the privilege of presenting the Fricke Cooper Achievement Award to an elite cadre of crash reconstruction professionals in a ceremony at the Louisiana State Police Training Academy in Baton Rouge. Speakers at the awards ceremony included: Hyde; Lisa Freeman, Executive Director, Louisiana Highway Safety Commission; Ron Whittaker, Highway Safety Law Enforcement Expert, DOTD; and, Major John Riles of the Louisiana State Police.
Northwestern University Center for Public Safety congratulates each of the following recipients on this impressive achievement:
- Detective Loy Berry, Shreveport (LA) Police Department
- Sergeant Ronald D. Bodenheimer, Jefferson Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office
- Lieutenant Kevin M. Curlee, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Joshua Duhon, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Trey Elliott, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Lance A. Lavigne, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Jonathan Luke Leger, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant David A. Levy, Louisiana State Police
- Trooper First Class Trey L. McNeal, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Brian T. Melvin, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant Kathryn H. Slaughter, Louisiana State Police
- Sergeant David Louis Spera, Jr., Jefferson Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office
- Master Trooper Nathaniel L. Westphal, Louisiana State Police
The Fricke Cooper Achievement Award recognizes the commitment of its recipients to continued professional development and to delivering the highest quality services to their communities. This prestigious award represents hundreds of hours of class time, homework, studying, and exams. The Fricke Cooper Achievement Award is available to applicants who have completed the five-course Crash Investigation & Reconstruction sequence, Crash Data Retrieval Analysis & Applications, and three elective courses in Crash Investigation & Reconstruction.