The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-04
KreEnl, Known Here,
 Wins $5,OOO Prize
Evanston, III, Police Lieutenant HOnOred for mprOv. ing Traffic Safety Conditions Throughout Country

is punished. The information gath- cred by this system Is used for the correction of physical conditions re- sponsible for accidents, as well as for the education of motorists and pedestrians, law enforcement officers and students of trafiic problems. Both through the written word and his subsequent work at Northwest ern University and other schools, he has impressed the general public, and has successfully ifnparted the technique which he has developed to officers of 25 states and 43 cities, thereby giving his work a national importance and value.
 During 1036 he has personally in- stalled traf1c bureaus in 9 cities for which records now available inc dicate a substantial reduction in accident fatalities, ranging from 10 percent to 8 percent.
 "The immediate possibilities of accident reduction through rigorous and intelligent law enforcement are plainly indicated by Lieutenant Krelnl's work" .a...
 Helps Waterbury
 Since i027, when the Evanston Ac- Cident Prevention Bureau was formed, that city has had a remark able traffic accident record, reducing the death rate from 2l.S to 2.9 per 1OO, 900 population. In three out Of the four years previous to l936, Ev- afistcn won the Grand Award of the National Safety Council. For Ut. tle more than a year Lieutenant Krerfl has been on a leaev of abe seuce from the Evanston police force that he might help other cit. les to combat their traf1ic accident problems. Accident prevention bu- realis. similar to EvanstonS, have been organized by Lieutenant Kreml lin Syracuse, N. Y. Q934): Lafayette, Ind. and Louisville, Ky. (l036); and south Bend, Ind, Bridgeport, Conn.,, New Haven. Conn, Cincinnati, Ohio, Saginaw. Mich, Hartford, Conn.,, Waterbury, Conn.,, Miami, Fla. and Columbus Ohio during 1036a
 F The accident prevention bureaus formed during 1886 as well as other safety work which Lieutenant Krer1l has done fin 1030 and expects to do In i9S7 has been accomplished large- siy through the safety division of the Intarnational Association of Chiefs of Police which division he formed and directs. This year he expects 10 install accident prevention bureaus in dozen additional cities, includ- ing Atlanta, Ga. and Detroit, Mich.
 Quite an Organizer
 In 1885 Lieutenant Kreml organ ized the Public Safety Institute ot Purdue University, Early in 1886 he formed and directed the, Northwest ern University Trafilc Institute where several traffic officers train- ing schools have been held. He also formed and directed two regional schools, patterned after Northwest crn,s, the New England Tramc Ofiicers' Training School at Harvard and tho Southern Traffic Oficers Training School at the University of Alabama. Within the last montl Lieutenant Kfeml has conducted g course for the officers of the Cali. .fornia State Highway Patrol anc later in the year will give Q similar course at the University of HonU' lulu.
 Through these various schools methods of teaching safety to stu dents and instructors have been de- veloped and active officers have beer enabled to set up improved trafiit accident controls in their own cit-