1. Impaired Driving Emphasis Area Team

2. Maryland Crash Trends & Statistics

3. Maryland Motor Vehicle Occupant Fatality Causes
Unbelted = 638
(36% of all fatalities)
Impaired = 594
(33% of all)
Speed = 480
(27% of all)
154
176
115
124
248 87
179
5 Year Totals
Sixty percent involved speeding, impairment, or lack of belt use.
Impairment is alcohol and/or drugs
Created by STAR-ORC NSC CODES

4. Strategy 1:
Improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, accessibility, and integration of impaired driving-related data. Strategy Lead : Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
Uniform, Quality Data
Law Enforcement Training
Reporting & Sharing Data

5. Strategy 2:
Enhance and improve enforcement of impaired driving laws. Strategy Lead: MHSO (Law Enforcement Liaison)
Professional, Law Enforcement Development, Training & Recognition
High Visibility Enforcement (inc. SPIDRE)
BAC Testing & DRE Programs

6. Strategy 3:
Enhance and improve the prosecution and adjudication of impaired driving cases Strategy Lead: Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors
Judicial Outcomes
Judicial Training
Evaluation
2016 DUI Institute for Prosecutors

7. Strategy 4:
Investigate and foster the use of technologies and best practices to support impaired driving countermeasures Strategy Lead: Problem Solving Courts
Technologies
DUI Courts
Offender Supervision

8. Strategy 5:
Conduct outreach initiatives including, but not limited to, education, training, and media programs to reduce impaired driving. Strategy Lead: MHSO
Public Information & Education
Retailers
Media

9. Strategy 6:
Investigate and promote policies and legislation aimed at reducing impaired driving. Strategy Lead: MADD, AAA, WRAP
Public Policy Assessment
Federal Compliance
Enforcement & Adjudication Policies

10. Membership: State Highway Administration Maryland State Police
Motor Vehicle Administration
Prince George’s County Police
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Transportation Authority Police
MIEMSS
AAA
NHTSA
Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP)
NTSB
Alcolock
Maryland Problem Solving Courts
College of Southern MD
Dept. Health and Mental Hygiene
Impact Society
Maryland District Court
SADD
Maryland Judicial Training Center

11. EATeam Operation: Quarterly meetings Next meeting: June 10th 2016
Updates: Strategies & Action Steps
Guest Speakers
Partner Reports
Next meeting:
June 10th 2016
9AM- 11AM
Location TBD

12. Discussion Q & A

13. Contact Information
Kurt Erickson, WRAP
Jessica Lambertson, MHSO
Tim Kerns, NSC
Cpl. Mike Rose, PGPD
Dave Daggett, MSAA
Jon Naylor, MSAA
Gray Barton, OPSC
Lisa Spicknall, MADD