Heights UPS driver earns national safety honor

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com

If they have lived or worked in the Heights at any time over the last couple of decades, chances are that residents have had packages delivered to them by United Parcel Service driver Ron Broussard. And there’s also zero chance that any incidents occurring with area delivery drivers have involved Broussard.

Earlier this month, Broussard – whose route includes many residential and business deliveries in the

Heights – was inducted in the national UPS Circle of Honor. In order to achieve the award, UPS spokesperson Becky Biciolis said drivers must go at least 25 years without an ac - cident – even a scratch or minor dent.

“It’s an honor to receive the award. As a driver it shows that it can be done if you use all of your safety methods,” said Broussard, who lives in Katy but spends his days delivering to the Heights and other area neighborhoods in Houston. “It’s important to me to be safe around the public at all times.”

In total, Broussard has been driving for UPS for over 30 years and has logged a little over 707,000 miles delivering packages to homes and businesses in Houston and the Heights. But he didn’t initially set out to become someone who is now regarded as one of the company’s safest drivers.

Broussard graduated from Blinn Junior College with a degree in criminal justice several decades ago, and was working at Randall’s while he worked on his aspirations of being a police officer. Then one day, he said a coworker came to him with a proposition.

“A friend I worked

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