AAA Kansas has honored Kansas Highway Patrol Master Trooper John Lawson as the state’s first Drug Recognition Expert of the Year. As a part of this award, the AAA Kansas Traffic Safety Fund sponsored and provided funding for Master Trooper Lawson to attend the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police National Drug and Alcohol Impaired Driving Conference in Anaheim, California in August.

Master Trooper Lawson was nominated by his supervisor, Lt. Josh Biera, who says that since Lawson became a certified DRE in 2017, he has excelled with his hard work, large number of DRE evaluations and DUI arrests, as well as his commitment to perform evaluations when called.