Post 16 KSP Trooper Honored for Impaired Driving Enforcement

HENDERSON, Ky (March 10, 2021) – Trooper Joseph Richling with Kentucky State Police Post 16 in Henderson, received the 2020 Governor’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Award for  his  efforts to improve highway safety by removing alcohol and drug-impaired drivers from Kentucky roadways.  

 “Highway safety is a shared responsibility, and we work with the motoring public as well as our local, state and federal partners to help provide a safe and reliable transportation system in Kentucky,” said Gov. Andy  Beshear, “This award recognizes the men and women of law enforcement, who are a key component in our highway safety  efforts.   Were it not for their actions, there would undoubtedly be more crashes, injuries or worse on our roadways.” 

 Awards were presented by the Kentucky  Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC)  Office of Highway Safety to more than 200 officers for  their  enforcement  efforts from Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020. 

“This is more than just receiving an award,” said KYTC Secretary Jim Gray. “It is about saving lives and that is what officers do every time they arrest an impaired driver.” 

Trooper Richling has been with the agency for three years and removed 62 impaired drivers from Kentucky roadways during that time period. He is assigned to Daviess and Hancock counties. The Governor’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Awards ceremony, typically held in-person each December, was cancelled due to COVID-19.  This year, awards were mailed to each winner.

-HCWatchNews