Linden Municipal Court earns Traffic Safety Initiative Award for fourth straight year

Special to the Sun

The Texas Municipal Courts Education Center recognized the Linden Municipal Court in Austin the week of March 27-29 as a Municipal Traffic Safety Initiative Award Winner. 
The court was one of eight award winners in the state in the “low volume” category. 
The “low volume” category encompasses towns that have a population under 30,000. 
This is the fourth straight year for the Linden Municipal Court under the direction of Judge Barbara McMillon to be recognized. 
The awards competition recognizes municipal courts that have demonstrated outstanding contributions to traffic safety and preventing impaired driving in their respective communities. 
Applicants were judged on activities relating to increasing traffic safety while decreasing impaired driving traffic crashes, traffic fatalities, juvenile DUI, child safety seat offenses, red light running and other traffic-related offenses.