b. Leadership needs to be from top to bottom. Educating and influencing top level officers and city leaders is crucial to filtering down a priority around traffic safety. c. MADD needs to get mad again. The officers at the Summit were mad, each time they heard a victim share their story. They agreed that MADD has the influence and ability to take these tragedies into the public and spark the outrage necessary for change. d. Strong traffic enforcement is crime reduction for all crimes. Traffic enforcement helps catch all other crimes and therefore only enhances, versus competes with, overall crime reduction. e. Impaired driving is a potential felony in progress and strong enforcement is felony prevention. Officers were reminded that traffic enforcement does save lives, often before the tragedy or crime occurs. f. More public awareness of impaired driving being a violent criminal act. This allies law enforcement with the public in that safety is the number one priority, in which we are all working together to ensure no one becomes the next victim.
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Survey and Results
a. Survey Results To receive feedback on the Summit, attendee Summit Surveys were handed out (see Appendix G). 59 surveys were completed and returned at the conclusion of the Summit. Roughly 95% of those who completed the survey felt that the Impaired Driving Summit provided valuable content. When attendees were asked about what was the most beneficial aspect of the Summit, many expressed they enjoyed the opportunity to meet with other law enforcement leadership and representatives from MADD. They appreciated the opportunity to hear of the different law enforcement strategic plans and the ability to share information/ideas. Roughly 85% of those who completed the survey felt the information they learned from the presentations and roundtable discussions will help address the prevention efforts of impaired driving. The presentations and roundtable discussions allowed Law Enforcement to hear of successful programs, which sparked ideas on how they could use these plans locally to produce results in the reduction or combat of impaired driving.
Overall, attendees appreciated the opportunity to attend the Summit and felt the content was beneficial. These subsequent charts give visual to these ratings.
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