CALIFORNIA STATE OF-OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY -2012

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Santa Ana, City of Schedule A - Description Sobriety Checkpoint Grant Program for 2012-2013 GOALS 1. To reduce the number of victims killed in alcohol-involved crashes. 2. To reduce the number of victims injured in alcohol-involved crashes. 3. To reduce nighttime (2100 hours to 0259 hours) fatal crashes. 4. To reduce nighttime (2100 hours to 0259 hours) injury crashes. 5. To reduce hit and run fatal crashes. 6. To reduce hit and run injury crashes. AGENCY OBJECTIVES Grant No. SC13385 1. To conduct a total of 23 sobriety checkpoints by September 30, 2013 (should be a minimum of one checkpoint per mobilization). NOTE: If a department elects to combine a Driver License (DL) checkpoint with a sobriety checkpoint, the department should: 1) inform the public (via the press release) that driver licenses will be checked and 2) conduct DUI/DL checkpoint operations with signs reading, "DUI/Driver License Checkpoint Ahead". To better identify and apprehend drug-impaired drivers in addition to alcohol-impaired drivers, it is highly recommended that all personnel assigned to staff the greeting lane of the checkpoint be Drug Recognition Experts (DRE's) and/or Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) trained sworn officers. At the very minimum, all officers contacting drivers in the greeting lane should be National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) trained and certified. To maximize effectiveness, checkpoint operations may be conducted at more than one location on any evening. Each checkpoint should be highly publicized and visible. The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) does not fund or support independent DL checkpoints. Only on an exception basis and with OTS pre-approval will OTS fund checkpoint operations that begin prior to 1800 hours. When practicable it is recommended that checkpoint operations run until 0300 hours. 2. If appropriate, a supervisor(s) should attend OTS-sponsored "DUI Checkpoints - Planning and Management" eight-hour, POST-certified training by December 31, 2012. Officers are encouraged to attend this training as well. 3. To collect and report checkpoint statistics on-line for checkpoints conducted during the Winter and Labor Day mobilization periods and submit the data by the deadlines established by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC). 4. To collect and report checkpoint statistics on-line for checkpoints conducted outside the mobilization periods and to submit the data by the end of the applicable quarter(s). page 2