NHTSA/NCJA Criminal Justice Summit on Impaired Driving

Conclusion

 

Each criminal justice system practitioner group reported their recommendations and commitments to the full Summit for improving the handling of impaired driving offenders in the criminal justice system. NHTSA Administrator Dr. Jeffrey Runge was supportive of the solutions and strategies presented for increasing effectiveness of the DWI system, and encouraged continued collaborations among the groups present.   The recommendations generated from the Summit were broad and represented the input of the many disciplines involved in all aspects of DWI cases. Much more work needs to be done, but it is hoped that this Summit will begin to build momentum in the fight against impaired driving.  It is crucial that partnerships and coalitions among the systems' components be developed to bring the issue into the national spotlight and to move alcohol-related fatality rates down even further.