Impaired Driving Subcommittee Impaired Driving Guidebook - NHTSA

CONCLUSIONWe know how to solve the impaired driving problem. The question is, do we have theresolve to do so? With the necessary resolve and by applying the leadership, partnerships andcommunications strategies outlined herein, law enforcement can be a significant part of thesolution.The fact is, North America will have the impaired driving problem it chooses to have. Wecannot accept the moderate gains we have achieved during the past several years. We mustdo more, we must start now, and we must do so together.Toward this end, it is the sincere hope of the Impaired Driving Subcommittee that lawenforcement executives utilize the IACP Resolution (calling for a Renewed Effort to EliminateImpaired Driving) and this Guidebook as source documents in strategic planning and efforts toeliminate impaired driving.Every law enforcement agency should take full advantage of known best practices—including sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and other aggressive, high-visibilityenforcement—to work vigorously toward the elimination of impaired driving.AFTERWORDOne thousand hard copies of this publication were printed and distributed at the IACPHighway Safety Committee’s annual meeting in October 2006. This publication has also beenposted on many Web sites, including:• International Association of Chiefs of Police www.iacp.org• Mothers Against Drunk Driving www.madd.org• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration www.nhtsa.dot.gov• Governors Highway Safety Association www.ghsa.org/• National Sheriffs’ Association www.sheriffs.org/A letter has also been sent to every state’s highway safety office, encouraging a mediarelease and press conference be considered to publicize the state’s renewed effort toeliminate impaired driving. Don’t wait to hear from your State Highway Safety Office—contactthem.Comments or suggestions for inclusion in possible future updates to this Guidebook shouldbe sent to:Mr. Dick AshtonIACP515 N Washington StAlexandria VA 22314ashtonr@theiacp.org22