Social Harm

Why are we here? Destruction Injury Death Personal Tragedy Heartache Economic Loss

The existing state of affairs Why are we here? Status Quo The existing state of affairs

How Did We Get Here? 1974 1985 2017

Why are we here? Insanity Defined by Albert Einstein Doing the same thing the same way Expecting different results Texas is trying a new idea The Regional Approach Change Mind Set Change Behavior

Why are we here? Three “E’s” of Traffic Safety

Law Enforcement effects all 3 E’s Engineering Crash Reporting Purpose for investigating crashes Factors Contributing Accuracy of the reporting Education Voluntary Compliance Lead by example Tell them why Show them examples Enforcement For those can’t be educate

Why are we here? Agency focuses on preventing crime No time for traffic enforcement Constituents do not support traffic enforcement Highway Patrol responsibility Officers do not want to work Traffic

Why are we here? DDACTS Data Driven Approach to Crime and Traffic Safety Stop Cars / Catch crooks Traffic and crime hotspots are generally the same Solve both problems

Why are we here? Existing problem The Region Ignoring the problem The Agencies do not have the resources Do not have the funding Unable to dedicate resources Crime is agencies main priority

Traffic Enforcement is not real police work

William Lester Suff Ted Bundy Randy Kraft Timothy McVeigh Robert Gibson

Social Harm

Criminal acts SOCIAL HARM Common Denominator Traffic crashes

                          Criminal acts cost American's an estimated $870 billion per year

Motor vehicles crashes Cost Americans  $871 billion a year $598.5 billion

No Fear No Panic

1965 Polio was cured 49,000 Killed in Traffic Crashes Something must be done Highway safety act signed

NHTSA FARS Data 2016 37,461 people were killed on U.S. roads, meaning 2016 was the deadliest driving year since 2008."

1Injury cause by vehicle crash every 57 seconds TEXAS 1Injury cause by vehicle crash every 1 min 58 seconds 1Fatal Car Crash every 2hrs and 20 mins

State of Texas November 7, 2000 End the streak!

Traffic Law vs Criminal Law Very Little Grey area Enforcement and Courts have little discretion Convictions come with consequences Traffic Law Societal suggestions Enormous discretion from enforcement and courts Convictions have little consequences beyond monetary

Societal view of Criminal Murderer Burglar Drug Offenses Sexual Crimes Criminal

Societal view of Traffic Law Violator Speeder Run Stop Sign or Red Light Refuse to wear safety belt Distracted driver Intoxicated driver Citizen

Conditioning

Insanity Defined Doing things the same way Expecting different results

Tolerance Conditioning

Social detachment

Six Pillars of 21st Century Policing Model Building Trust and Legitimacy Policy and Oversight Technology and Social Media Community Policing and Crime Reduction Training and Education Officer Wellness and Safety 

Social Harm Simple solution?

Changing the focus Reduce social harm not write tickets Eliminate non-data-driven activity Enforcement happens where it is needed most Tickets are written at LEO’s discretion or according to LEA policy Performance measures An overall average of 2.5 car stops per hour Budgets for overtime developed from Crash Data Enforcement Zones Comparison of grant-year crashes with rolling 3 year average

Objectives Life saving initiative preventing traffic crash death Aggressive enforcement as crime deterrent Make YOUR community safer High Visibility Enforcement Reduce and ultimately prevent social harm

S.T.E.P. Strategic Traffic Enforcement Plan FY-2019

Strategic Historically the selective approach has not been effective Selecting locations where violations are plentiful Has not provided significant reduction in social harm Using the DDACTS model Map out problem areas Deploy resources to that area

Traffic Vehicles move society More social harm caused through traffic War Terrorism Crime

Enforcement An active patrol unit is a social harm deterrent The more active the unit the more effective

Plan Not a cult movement Not another government program Focuses on the need of your community Consider the Three E’s of traffic safety

Passionate ?