Additional Training Resources & Associations
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TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE As part of our department’s work, NSA utilizes a Traffic Safety Committee to distribute and promote materials and to provide recommended procedures for traffic safety implementation among its membership. This Committee’s plan is supported by a monthly e-newsletter, Traffic Stop, and the provision of articles, updates, and other website resources. NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION The National Sheriffs Association (NSA) Traffic Safety department has the duty to address ongoing traffic safety issues and facilitate traffic safety program implementation by providing technical assistance, education, resources, and general support to the Office of Sheriff. NSA supports sheriff's offices and other law enforcement officers in their efforts by sponsoring ARIDE trainings, providing access to tools and resources, and getting information to you on the most effective practices needed to not only recognize impaired drivers on the road, but to also use the strategies available to deter potential violators in the future. See NSA's Guide on implementing and strengthening your traffic safety program by clicking here. IACP IMPAIRED DRIVING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE (HELD ANNUALLY IN AUGUST) Join traffic safety professionals from around the world to share knowledge about effective and proven approaches for improving road safety, the latest science on alcohol and drug-impaired driving enforcement, how technology can be leveraged to make communities safer, and how agencies can use traffic safety education to engage and build trust with their communities. The IACP Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference (IDTS) is the largest training conference for drug recognition experts and traffic safety professionals. Conference attendees include DREs, law enforcement officers (State Police, Highway Patrol, County, Municipal, Governmental, Sheriffs and other agencies), crash investigators, supervisors/administrators, prosecutors, toxicologists, laboratory personnel, traffic safety professionals, among others.
Sample IDTS Conference educational content:
Information on Narcotic Analgesic drug pharmacology DRE Case studies Additional sources of evidence in crash investigations Conducting a Green Lab for assessing marijuana impairment Successful prosecutions in DRE cases when toxicology did not detect the impairing drug Contemporary issues in CMV enforcement Impairment from short-acting drugs and DWI cases Civil Liability and the DRE Traffic safety data sources and implications Information on Dissociative Anesthetic drug pharmacology
For more information on NSA’s traffic safety programs, please visit https://www.sheriffs.org/programs/traffic-safety.
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