Resource References: MADD Resources
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SATURATION SATURDAY
MADD’s Court Monitoring Program enlists community volunteers and staff as court monitors to observe and document what happens in the courtroom during drunk and drug impaired driving case proceedings. The program was created to ensure that substance 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 as an effective countermeasure to reduce impaired driving. (31) Many agencies have joined this campaign, and if you have not done so, we encourage you to join us for future Saturation Saturday campaigns. COURT MONITORING Court monitors on the local scale can impact the handling of impaired driving cases by their mere presence in the courtroom. 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 drunk and drug impaired driving and ensure accountabilities for all impaired driving offenders. To reduce future offenses, MADD supports swift and unbiased treatment of all drunk and drug impaired driving cases. Saturation Saturday was first launched in Missouri in 2016. It is a night of increased law enforcement patrols and sobriety checkpoints designed to reduce incidents of drunk or drugged driving. Due to the success of Saturation Saturday, MADD holds simultaneous events across the country on the Saturday before Labor Day weekend. It coincides with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Labor Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which runs from mid-August through the first weekend in September.
MADD's 2022 Court Monitoring Report visit madd.org/courts for state details
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