NHTSA cooperative project to get the community involved in enforcement efforts to foster community collaboration to enhance local acceptance of the enforcement of impaired driving laws and modify community norms to reject impaired driving deaths as acceptable. Initial surveys revealed that the Joplin community were generally unaware of the police department’s checkpoints or campaigns. They developed a coalition, started a social media campaign, utilizing a dedicated DWI unit, and in this 15‐ month campaign will continue with media releases, ads and PSAs pushed out through partner groups and hospitals, media ride alongs, and other education and awareness efforts. They hope to replicate this low‐cost project in other states based on the positive community involvement and feedback they have seen. Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DEC) Update and Impaired Driving Programs Update: SFST, ARIDE, and DRE ‐ Kyle Clark, IACP DEC Program Regional Coordinator/Project Manager explained the history and continued importance of standard field sobriety tests (SFST) and law enforcement training. The training manual continues to be updated to reflect current science and incorporate emerging issues, such as drugged driving. IACP recommends all officers attend a refresher course. Jim Maisano, IACP DEC Program Regional Coordinator/Project Manager shared about the development of ARIDE as officers are making stops that involve drug impairment and they do not know how to process it. This advanced training is intended to bridge the gap between basic SFST and DRE‐trained officers. Chuck Hayes, IACP DEC Program Regional Coordinator/Project Manager presented information about the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program, the ultimate training for officers to become experts in drug detection and assist in impaired driving investigations. 50.5% of drug‐positive drivers were positive for two or more drugs; this represents a growing challenge in impaired driving enforcement and necessitates more officers to be trained as DREs. Recreational Marijuana Roundtable Panel in the First States ‐ Major Jeff Goodwin, Colorado State Patrol, warned of the progression toward legalized recreational marijuana, beginning with medical marijuana, then intense lobbying, and then recreational marijuana, always with the hard sell of how taxes will benefit education, highway safety, etc. For example, in 2017, marijuana sales in Colorado totaled $1.7 billion, with $265,127,003 in taxes collected. The legalization of recreational marijuana has presented several challenges to law enforcement, such as live marijuana plants (caregiver ownership and commerce transport), legal possession, and canine replacement (once marijuana is legalized, dogs trained to detect marijuana among other drugs cannot be utilized, necessitating a costly replacement of the former dogs with new ones). Enforcement strategies have included blood testing, a pilot program for oral fluid drug testing, modified internal policies to reflect the change in law, new and emerging technology, Summits, and new partnerships. Major Goodwin recommended that agencies likely to see the legalization of recreational marijuana in their states should ensure accurate data compilation for DUI/DUID arrests because the media will come asking for statistics on arrests and crashes related to alcohol, alcohol and marijuana, marijuana only, and marijuana and other drug combinations. In addition, the marijuana industry is sending consistent false messages, attempting to show that marijuana is not producing negative changes. Data show 42% of all arrests had some form of THC on board but it was missed because of the masking of alcohol; 71% had some form of substance on board. Chief Bob Ticer, Loveland, Colorado Police Department, informed attendees of some of the challenges faced in Colorado due to the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. Challenges such as
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