Symposium on Traffic Safety
June 13-16, 2022

DUI/Traffic Enforcement

• 2022 Impaired Driving Curriculum Updates (Kyle Clark)

  - Kyle Clark, National Project Manager of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, IACP

• Boat Ramp BUI Enforcement Basics: Preventing a BUI from becoming a DUI (Daniel Darren)
  - Corporal Daniel Darren, Collier County (FL) Sheriff's Office
• CMV DUI and Traffic Enforcement for Patrol Officers (Melinda Hanton)

   - Melinda Hanton, FTO/DRE Instructor, Palm Beach Gardens (FL) Police Department

• DRE Field Certification Evaluations

  - Florida Drug Recognition Experts

  Certified Florida DREs can take advantage of this session to perform evaluations in front an instructor for recertification and complete the proper paperwork or turn in recertification forms. In addition, veteran DRE instructors will be available to answer your questions.

• How Education and Enforcement Go Hand-in-Hand: Messaging Before and After You Hit the Streets (Coleen Haines)
  - Coleen Haines, CEO, Your Town Media Training (Kingman, AZ)
• How Do You Know? Decision-Making in Police Work (Tom Heller)
  - Detective Tom Heller, Seattle (WA) Police Department
• Nystagmus Review: Causes and Myths (Tim Cornelius)
  - Tim Cornelius, Florida DECP Coordinator, IPTM Training DUI Program Coordinator
• Safe and Legal Traffic Stops (Nick Lazaris)
  - Captain Nick Lazaris, Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff's Office
• Strategies for Impaired Driving Enforcement (John Cullen)

   - Detective John Cullen, Jacksonville (FL) Sheriff's Office

• The Usefulness of DREs in Commercial Vehicle Enforcement/Operation Trucker Check (Griffin, Hayes, Howell, Plummer)
  - Sgt. Shannon Griffin, Georgia Public Safety Training Center
   - Chuck Hayes, Project Manager DEC Western Regional Coordinator, IACP
   - Ofc. Chance Howell, Georgia Public Safety Training Center
   - Tim Plummer, Oregon State Police, DEC State Coordinator
• What is a DRE and How Do I Become One? (Joe Abrusci, Jim Maisano)

   - Joe Abrusci and Jim Maisano, Project Managers, IACP

Florida Legal Updates

• Florida DUI Case Law Update (Ben Fox)

  - Ben Fox, Asst. Misdemeanor Division Chief, Training Attorney, Brevard County (FL) State Attorney's Office, 18th Circuit

  Ben Fox will give you a comprehensive update on the past two years of DUI case law in Florida and what you need to know as a law enforcement officer. He’ll explore Florida's appellate court decisions and how they impact the actions law enforcement can – and cannot – take in their DUI investigations. Topics include traffic stops, Miranda, accident (crash) report privilege, corpus delicti, legal medical blood draws, and the applicability of search warrants relating to such blood draws.

• Florida Legislative Update (Garett Berman)

  - Garett M. Berman, Esq., Executive Director, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association

  Garett will discuss the new traffic laws passed during Florida’s recent legislative session and provide an update on the ones that did not pass.

Investigation/Testimony

• Cannabinoids and Driving: CBD, Delta-8, Delta-9, and Delta-10 THC (Nicholas Tiscione)
  - Nicholas Tiscione, Toxicology Unit Manager, Palm Beach County (FL) Sheriff's Office
• Courtroom Testimony (Ashley Schluck)
  - Ashley Schluck, Asst. State Attorney, City of Laramie (WY)
• Death Notifications in Fatal Crash Investigations (Kristen Allen)
  - Kristen Allen, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• DUI from the Defense Perspective (Matt Olszewski)
  - Matthew Olszewski, Esq. Florida DUI Group
• Getting More with Honey (Joseph Farley)
  - Trooper Joseph Farley, Florida Highway Patrol
• Hallucinogen Highway (Anthony Palease, Joseph Farley)
  - Sergeant Anthony Palease, Trooper Joseph Farley, Florida Highway Patrol
• Intoxication vs. Impairment: The Anatomy and Physiology of the Impaired Driver (Kevin Burke)
  - Deputy Sheriff Kevin Burke, Racine County (WI) Sheriff's Office
• Medical Mimics (Jason Beaman)
  - Jason Beaman, D.O., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Chair, Executive Director - Training and Education, Center for Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University
• Misdirected: Common Distraction Techniques Used by Subjects (Ashley Eller, Frank Imparato)

   - Officer Ashley Eller, Apopka (FL) Police Department
   - Sergeant Frank Imparato, University of Central Florida Police Department

• Report Writing for Impaired Driving Enforcement Officers (Vin Petty)

   - TSRP Vin Petty, Florida TSRP Program

• Toxicology: Back to Basics (Amy Miles)

   - Amy Miles, Toxicology Section Supervisor, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Traffic Supervision

• Advanced DUI/FTO (Heather Causer)
  - Sergeant Heather Causer, Cape Coral (FL) Police Department
• Supervising the DUI/Traffic Enforcement Units: Challenges, Solutions and Management (Mark Eastty)
  - Sergeant Mark Eastty, Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff's Office