April 13, 2018 – Cooperative Agreement award date. May 10, 2018 – Cooperative Agreement Kick‐Off Meeting was held.
June 1, 2018 – Meeting location and dates finalized. June 13, 2018 – Final Work Plan submitted to NHTSA. July 1, 2018 – Summit attendee list finalized. October 1, 2018 – Summit agenda finalized. December 1, 2018 – Summit held and completed. February 1, 2019 – Final Report completed. April 13, 2019 – Final briefing held.
Input from the Kickoff Meeting The Kick‐Off Meeting was held on May 10, 2018 via in‐person and phone call attendance. Seven NHTSA Regions participated along with NHTSA Headquarters assigned personnel. From MADD, JT Griffin attended in person and Vicki Knox, Kim Morris, Crystal Sade, Christy Atkinson and Ron Replogle attended via phone. After MADD’s Kick‐Off meeting presentation, several questions and comments were put forward. One attendee asked whether MADD was considering including information on presenting impaired driving cases in court. MADD is considering including a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor as a Summit presenter. We also anticipate this subject being discussed during several hours of roundtable time being planned in the agenda. Any developed strategies will be documented. Another attendee asked about disseminating strategies and recommendations that may be developed during the conference. MADD advised all strategies and implementation plans will be documented in the Final Report. MADD plans to incorporate any such plans in all law enforcement outreach and support programs and also in possible future cooperative agreements with NHTSA dealing with law enforcement outreach. A suggestion was also made to invite several agency leaders who have reduced or eliminated traffic safety enforcement programs in recent years. MADD will work with Keith Williams, NHTSA’s Chief of Enforcement and Justice Services Division, to identify 25 (one third of the invited attendees) such agencies to invite to attend and participate in the Summit and roundtable sessions. Another suggestion was to include information on the increase in pedestrian fatalities nationwide, which is many times attributed to impairment. MADD will ensure this is discussed during agenda roundtable time and all information and any strategies developed will be documented to address this issue.
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