MADD’s Court Monitoring Program enlists court monitors to observe and document what happens in the courtroom during impaired driving case proceedings. The program was created to ensure that impaired driving offenders are prosecuted and justice is achieved. Court monitoring is a tool proven to affect the adjudication process and is recognized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as an effective countermeasure to reduce impaired driving [1]. Court monitors on the local scale can impact the handling of impaired driving cases by their mere presence in the court room.
Court monitoring is intended to enhance transparency and accountability within the criminal justice system and reduce the likelihood of repeat offenses. One way this goal is achieved is by sharing data and observations with law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, and the public to promote awareness of impaired driving and ensure accountability for all impaired driving offenders. To reduce future offenses, MADD® supports swift and unbiased treatment of all impaired driving cases.
Currently, MADD’s Court Monitoring Program is active in some jurisdictions within 14 states. As of January 2021, those states include:
• Arizona • Colorado • Connecticut
• Louisiana • Missouri • Nebraska • New Mexico • Nevada
• North Carolina • South Carolina • Tennessee • Virginia
• Idaho • Illinois
In 2021, a team comprised of more than 120 staff and volunteer court monitors observed roughly 33,000 impaired driving cases. These 33,000 cases represented more than 12 states and roughly 130 U.S. counties, for an average 275 cases per MADD court monitor. The charts represented in this report reflect general observations from the 2021 MADD Court Monitoring Program data as of February 2022 in 12 states (Nebraska & Colorado have active court monitoring programs, but due to reporting cycles, are not included within the 2021 data set featured within this report). This report is designed to present observations and trends relative to the jurisdictions monitored and is not intended to be a statistical analysis. National Report (reporting period: 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2021)
Number of Cases Monitored
Case Status
Pending Outcome
15,128
Adjudicated
17,973
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