Impaired Driving

Identify training gaps for police on locations with a high probability for alcohol and drug use that lead to impaired driving (e.g., breaking up/preventing underage-drinking parties).

1. Identify areas with a high volume of impaired crashes, and determine if coalitions are working with law enforcement to address underage-drinking parties and calls for noise violations. For example, examine San Antonio’s Social Host Ordinance.
2. Determine whether coalition and law enforcement agencies need and/or desire controlled party dispersal training and provide training.
3. Identify communities with social host ordinances and coalitions, and document ordinances and standard operating procedures.
4. Identify best practices training and training materials on location components to impaired-driving and underage-drinking enforcement (e.g., San Antonio’s standard operating procedures for its ordinance).
5. Disseminate best practices training materials, resources, and publications through , the Impaired Driving Task Force, and police training and leadership organizations.

Texans Standing Tall, police and sheriff departments, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), prosecutors, , and other advocacy groups

• Finding champions to develop the support for adopting an ordinance.
• Developing and sustaining the necessary collaboration or coalition to enforce the ordinance.
• Obtaining funding to implement and sustain a program.