lack of community support and lack of effective prosecution for impaired driving. b. Recommendations by law enforcement as to how MADD could best support their efforts to overcome these obstacles Law Enforcement and MADD attendees divided into four break‐out groups, separated by NHTSA Regions, in order to discuss the compiled challenges and barriers to impaired driving enforcement and to develop new strategies and implementation plans for law enforcement to re‐establish strong enforcement around impaired driving. Specifically requested were ideas for particular ways MADD might support these efforts. The break‐ out groups were comprised of 1) NHTSA Regions 1, 2, and 3; 2) NHTSA Regions 4 and 6; 3) NHTSA Regions 5 and 7; and 4) NHTSA Regions 8, 9, and 10. Though an extensive list of issues was generated through discussion, attendees made recommendations in four general areas, which addressed quite a few of these issues: 1. Leadership : This is an area that law enforcement leadership identified as one where MADD can help. It was recommended that MADD utilize partnerships with law enforcement to hold meetings with police chiefs as well as city council, city managers, commissioners, and mayors to educate them on the importance of traffic safety and impaired driving as a higher priority and encourage them to take a proactive approach. MADD can utilize powerful victim stories to play an important role in promoting traffic enforcement by helping officers make the connection to why they are making these arrests. Chiefs and other law enforcement leadership need to be educated on the direct relationship between traffic enforcement and crime reduction. They may be allocating staffing to other crime reduction that could be used for traffic enforcement that will also stop other crimes (see DDACTS recommendation later on in this report). MADD can play a key role in educating them on this proactive approach that saves lives. Attending IACP and NSA meetings should remain paramount to MADD as they keep this message front and center to law enforcement leadership. In addition to top level law enforcement leadership, patrol officers also need to be educated and trained. The Chief may tell them to make DUI arrests, but they have to believe in this mission. Oftentimes they do not because either they do not know how to make the arrest, they think the impaired driving task force is handling it, or the process of arresting. All patrol officers should be involved in making impaired driving arrests, not just those on the task force. A MADD Roll Call Briefing Video could bring this message to patrol officers, perhaps through the Academy as well. Further, MADD could present to new Chiefs or Sheriffs and allow victims to share their stories, to inspire them from the start. Similarly, MADD should present in first line supervision courses to train Sergeants. A good Sergeant has the ability to affect and influence other officers for their entire career. Finally, MADD can share stories and information to inspire all law enforcement agencies, such as shared at this Summit, showing how determined leadership can change the focus of an agency with proven effectiveness.
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