2019 Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The ninth annual workshop was held May 22, 2019, at Timberlake Lodge in Grand Rapids, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Download the workshop agenda (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Setting the Direction for the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety Engineer and Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Alison Hawley, Research Analysis Specialist, DPS Office of Traffic Safety; Tina Roelofs, Athey Creek Consultants; and Richard Storm, HDR (PDF)

We Can Stop the Fire! How to Stop Adding Fuel to the Fire: Verbal De-escalation Skills

• Donelle Hintermeister, Training and Development Specialist, Minnesota State Patrol Training and Development Section (PDF)

Right Seat, Right Place

• Allison Nicolson, Essentia Health Injury Prevention Coordinator; Lt. Jason Hanson, Minnesota State Patrol; Dr. Browning, Pediatric Trauma Surgeon; and John Parenteau, Child Passenger Safety Liaison (PDF)

TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap

• Julie Whitcher, State Rail Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicles (PDF)