recognize officers’ efforts; young officers in particular thrive on recognition. Recognition might come through awards, being called out among peers, new equipment, gaining leadership opportunities, and friendlier schedules. Other ways to motivate officers that were suggested include providing them with MADD’s Death Notification training, sending a MADD representative into Academy or Cadet trainings, involving MADD in roll call briefings and dedicating roll call briefings to a different victim each time, and showing them that the Chief or Sheriff still makes an occasional impaired driving arrest. One law enforcement leader at the Summit shared that after hearing Sheriff Whetsel’s story at the Summit, he has decided to start an Officer of the Month for traffic safety in his agency and recommended that others utilize a similar motivational approach. c. Additional recommendations and observations A few recommendations and observations were made throughout the Summit that did not particularly tie back to a specific barrier to traffic enforcement, but was rather a suggestion to enhance traffic enforcement and MADD’s support overall: 1. A recommendation was made for MADD to compile best practices containing information on what MADD is doing to support law enforcement in all states. This document would benefit both MADD and law enforcement as they seek support from each other to achieve common goals. For example, it could be informative as to where to successfully obtain funding for necessary resources or programs, provide ideas for more collaboration at sobriety checkpoints, or show examples of how MADD, officers, and victims can come together to successfully influence legislators. 2. Data‐Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) is a data‐driven way to combine traffic safety and more traditional policing. The program integrates location‐based crime and traffic crash data to determine the most effective methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources. Drawing on the deterrent value of highly visible traffic enforcement and the knowledge that crimes often involve motor vehicles, the goal of DDACTS is to reduce crime, crashes, and traffic violations across the country. Law enforcement likes the program because it targets more traditional types of “serious” crime and at the same time catches traffic offenders. It is a win‐win. This is a program that MADD could aggressively push at the local level by partnering with law enforcement officers who are experts in the program and help to spread the program throughout the country. From a federal perspective, this could be a program to build in the next highway bill. 3. Several themes emerged through the Summit and are noteworthy in that they were persistent throughout the remarks, presentations, challenges, and solutions discussed. These themes are as follows: a. Impairment is impairment is impairment. Whether drugs or alcohol, the type of impairment does not matter. Officers need tools to recognize impairment and resources to keep impaired drivers off the roadways.
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