ARREST DRUNK DRIVING: A COMPREHENSIVE COOPERATIVE APPROACH

This article describes the "Arrest Drunk Driving" program developed by the cities of Clearwater and Largo, Florida. The two local police departments reviewed what other cities had done and how successful they were, then developed their own strategy of combined enforcement and public information. With financial assistance from the state and federal government, the program got under way in 1983, with an announcement to the public at a press conference on September 29, 1983. The six enforcement strategies being used to "Arrest Drunk Driving" are: special training, patrols at high-priority locations, use of detection cues, roadside sobriety tests, traffic safety checkpoints, and streamlined processing. The public information effort began with the press conference during which enforcement strategies were described, and continued with follow-up publicity in the news media and the distribution of public information materials (bumper stickers, posters, etc.). Local public interest and business groups were encouraged to help spread the word. The initial success of the program has encouraged other jurisdictions to join or form their own programs.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association of Chiefs of Police

  11 Firstfield Road
  Gaithersburg, MD  United States  20760
• Authors:
  • Vaughn, J R
  • Klein, S
• Publication Date: 1984-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 32-34
• Serial:
  • POLICE CHIEF
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrests; Countermeasures; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Education; Finance; Information dissemination; Law enforcement; Publicity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial sources
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392448
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 409
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM