Impaired Driving Subcommittee Impaired Driving Guidebook - NHTSA

APPENDIX A – ResolutionHIGHWAY SAFETY:A RENEWED EFFORT TO ELIMINATEALCOHOL AND DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVINGSubmitted by the Highway Safety CommitteeWHEREAS, public safety is the highestpriority of the U.S. Department of Transportation,Transport Canada, and lawenforcement agencies; andWHEREAS, the best efforts of lawenforcement and other government agenciesand private organizations have madesignificant gains in the past in reducingimpaired driving; andWHEREAS, according to the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),in 2005, 16,972 people were killed in crashesinvolving alcohol, representing 39% of the43,200 people killed in all traffic crashes,representing a 1.7% increase over theprevious year; andWHEREAS, research indicates the effect ofdrugs, alone, or in combination with alcohol,contribute significantly to the number of fataland injury crashes; andWHEREAS, law enforcement officersexperience firsthand the devastatingemotional, mental, and physical effects ofimpaired driving; andWHEREAS, the IACP encourages all othercomponents of the criminal justice system,including prosecutors and the judiciary, towork cooperatively to eliminate impaireddriving; andWHEREAS, the IACP urges SACOP toencourage their member agencies toconsistently participate in aggressive highvisibility impaired driving enforcement; andWHEREAS, according to NHTSA, sustainedhigh visibility law enforcement is clearly thebest strategy for reducing impaired driving;now, therefore be itRESOLVED, that the InternationalAssociation of Chiefs of Police, dulyassembled at its 113th Annual Conference inBoston, Massachusetts, supports a renewedeffort for every law enforcement agency totake full advantage of known best practices,in particular aggressive high visibilityenforcement, to work vigorously toward theelimination of impaired driving; and be itFURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP supportsthe use of the IACP Highway SafetyCommittee Impaired Driving Subcommittee“Impaired Driving Guidebook: Three Keys toRenewed Focus and Success” as a resourcetool in our effort to eliminate impaired driving.WHEREAS, research has shown strong andeffective laws combined with highly visibleenforcement not only reduces impaireddriving, but also reduces other crimes as well;andWHEREAS, there are many strategies thatcan and should be deployed in our fightagainst impaired driving; andWHEREAS, the IACP encourages alliedorganizations, both public and private, towork cooperatively with law enforcement toeliminate impaired driving; and24