For the past nineteen years, Richard Pepe has
been a member of the New York Police Department. In
1983, he graduated from the academy and was assigned
to the department's elite Highway Patrol unit, where
he served as a road officer for thirteen years.
During that time, he was trained in many specialized
areas, including accident investigation technician,
breathalyzer technician, police motorcycle operator,
advanced high-speed pursuit driver, radar and laser
operator, certified emergency medical technician,
and is a graduate of the NYPD's very prestigious dignitary
protection school.
Mr. Pepe was assigned to the department's Traffic
Control Division in 1995, where he became the traffic
safety and special projects officer. There he got
immersed into the field of traffic safety, and is
NYPD's spokesperson on traffic safety issues for visiting
agencies and departments. He has been called upon
to give numerous presentations on traffic-related
topics at the local and national level.
A certified instructor of general topics by the New
York State Bureau of Municipal Police, he routinely
gives traffic safety training to members of his department
during in-service training sessions. He was the first
officer in the NYPD to be officially certified as
a child safety seat technician and has helped author
many traffic safety grants.
In 1999, Mr. Pepe was the recipient of the prestigious
J. Stannard Baker award for his excellence in the
field of Highway Safety, awarded by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Mr. Pepe was one of the founding members of the Traffic
Safety Institute of New York, which specializes in
teaching the New York State six-hour Insurance and
Point Reduction class and is involved in traffic safety
consulting for corporate clients.
In addition, Mr. Pepe serves as an associate staff
member of the Transportation Safety Institute (TSI)
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), a state trustee for the New York State Fraternal
Order of Police, and the president of the Traffic
Squad Benevolent Association, an organization which
represents police officers assigned to traffic-related
duties in the NYPD. |
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