NCJ Number
133207
Date Published
1989
Length
165 pages
Annotation
This manual details the components of an effective drunk-driver program, using the experience of the model program begun in 1983 in Pinellas County (Fla.) and the experiences of managers of other successful programs.
Abstract
The three parts of the model program are police officer training, effective law enforcement strategies, and public information and education. Training covers legal issues, detection cues, report writing, standardized field sobriety testing, breath testing, videotaping of suspects, and preparation of the case for court. Enforcement strategies include directed patrol and the deployment of personnel to locations experiencing frequent accidents and incidents and to sobriety checkpoints. The public information and education campaign uses a speaker's bureau, public service announcements, newspaper and magazine articles, posters, and other materials. Case tracking and reporting is an important program element as well. Guidelines for each program component, checklists, forms, figures, chapter reference lists, index, and appended additional guidelines and materials from the Salt Lake City program.