Class is restricted to current, active law enforcement and prosecutors employed by a governmental agency.

This course will teach you how to skillfully recognize and properly evaluate impaired driving suspects, from the initial observation of the vehicle to the arrest and processing of the suspect. 

Beginning with the detection of the impaired driver and the standardized sobriety testing procedures commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the course will also cover enforcement strategies and issues surrounding Miranda and Implied Consent.  In addition, you will learn how to properly document your observations for courtroom presentation.

Topics include:
•  DUI visual detection
•  Legal aspects of DUI enforcement
•  Standardized field sobriety testing (to include horizontal gaze nystagmus)
•  Proper documentation techniques
•  Sobriety checkpoints (Roadblocks)
•  Video taping issues
•  Two NHTSA recommended drinking exercises

Audience:  Patrol officers, DUI investigators and supervisors, prosecutors 

Course length:  24 hours