Banner of Programs Across the United States That Aid Motorists in the Reporting of Impaired Drivers to Law Enforcement

Results

The researchers were not able to obtain complete data from all the States, and in a few cases, no information regarding a cellular reporting program was obtained. The available information is available in the Appendix.

Summary and Conclusions

Of 57 States and Territories, we did not receive information from two States and two Territories. Of the remaining 53 States or Territories, 1 reported not applicable data, 1 reported no program at all, 6 reported dedicated programs to report DWI drivers, and 45 reported 911 or general emergency programs that can be used to report DWI drivers. A summary of the results is shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Results Summary.

State	No Information	Not Applicable	No Program	911 or General Emergency Program	DWI Dedicated Program
Alabama				●
Alaska	●
American Samoa	●
Arizona				●
Arkansas				●
California				●
Colorado				●
Connecticut				●
Delaware				●
District of Columbia				●
Florida				●
Georgia				●
Guam				●
Hawaii				●
Idaho					●
Illinois				●
Indian Nations		●
Indiana				●
Iowa				●
Kansas				●
Kentucky				●
Louisiana				●
Maine				●
Maryland				●
Massachusetts				●
Michigan				●
Minnesota				●
Mississippi				●
Missouri				●
Montana				●
Nebraska					●
Nevada				●
New Hampshire				●
New Jersey				●
New Mexico					●
New York				●
North Carolina				●
North Dakota				●
Northern Mariana Islands	●
Ohio					●
Oklahoma				●
Oregon					●
Pennsylvania				●
Puerto Rico			●
Rhode Island				●
South Carolina				●
South Dakota				●
Tennessee	●
Texas				●
Utah				●
Vermont					●
Virgin Islands				●
Virginia				●
Washington				●
West Virginia				●
Wisconsin				●
Wyoming				●
TOTAL	4	1	1	45	6

In most cases, calls to report DWI drivers made from cellular phones are routed to the appropriate law enforcement agency regardless of whether the reporting individuals dialed a dedicated number or 911. Some States with 911-type programs, in fact, reported a high volume of calls involving DWI drivers. In Colorado, for example, a large, but unspecified proportion of the 49,000 calls received per year involve DWI drivers. In Missouri, about 25 percent of the 2,500 calls the 911 systems receives each week involve DWI drivers. Both dedicated DWI and 911-type programs may serve equally well in reporting DWI drivers.

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