A unique training program spearheaded by Savannah-Chatham Metro Police to help officers avoid putting themselves in dangerous situations received recognition from the International Association of Chiefs of Police at a ceremony on Friday in San Diego, California.

The "Officer Created Jeopardy" program was created in association with community groups across Chatham County, including the NAACP and faith organizations, to help officers recognize dangerous situations and how to avoid them to preserve both their safety and the safety of citizens.

The department received a Certificate of Recognition for the program. Chief Erik Blake of the Oak Bluffs Police Department and Chair of the IACP Civil Rights Committee said in his letter to Sgt. Dan Flood who developed a large part of the program, "Efforts such as these illustrate to the public and your peers that members of the law enforcement community are among the nation's most visible and ardent supporters of civil and human rights. Your agency's efforts illustrate the highest ideals of law enforcement as an ethical and noble profession that promotes the rights and dignity of all people, and we congratulate you for your achievement as a 2008 recipient of an IACP Civil Rights Certificate of Recognition."

The 115th annual IACP annual conference is being held in San Diego, California from November 8 - 12 with more than 15,000 law enforcement officials attending.