Symposium on Traffic Safety
May 11-14, 2020

DUI & Traffic Enforcement Breakout Sessions

We're in the final planning stages for the 2020 Symposium on Traffic Safety. Below are the confirmed Impaired Driving Enforcement-related breakout sessions and presenters. This page will be updated as new presenters are confirmed.

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Advanced DRE/DUI Topics

• Alcohol and Energy Drinks: Drug-Drug Interaction Implications for the DRE and DUI Investigator
  - H. Chip Walls, Forensic Toxicologist
• Body Worn Camera Use During a Drug Influence Evaluation
  - Lieutenant Allan Kolak, Cape Coral (FL) Police Department
• Cannabis or Hemp? Can You Tell the Difference?
  - H. Chip Walls, Forensic Toxicologist
• DRE Case Prep
  - Stephen Talpins
• DRE Evaluations

  - Florida Drug Recognition Experts

• Drugs That May Cause False Negative Toxicology Testing
  - H. Chip Walls, Forensic Toxicologist
• The Evolution of SFSTs

  - Kyle Clark, National Project Manager, DEC Program, IACP

• Making the New DRE: Best Practices

  - Don Decker, Nahant (MA) Police Department

• Mining for Gold: A Deeper Look Into the "Why"
  - Matt Myers
   - Trooper Michael Blute, Arizona Department of Public Safety
• Search Warrants and Blood Draws
  - Trooper Michael Blute, Arizona Department of Public Safety

DUI/Traffic Enforcement

• Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget: Managing the “Do More with Less” of DUI
  - Sergeant Franklin F. Fitzgerald, Lakeland (FL) Police Department
• Clues, Clothing and Trends of Today's Drug Culture
  - Officer Cory Suttle, Lakeland (FL) Police Department
• Impaired Driving: Beyond Probable Cause (John Cullen)

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

• Improving Your DUI Reports

  - Officer Andy Borrows, Jupiter (FL) Police Department

• Interviews & Interrogations: Techniques & Challenges in Impaired Driving

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

• Mellanby Effect, Homeostasis & Burn-Off: Why Impaired People Are Not Safe Behind the Wheel

  - Mariam Norman, WA Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, City of Seattle and Washington Traffic Safety Commission

• Operation No Sale: Alcohol Vendor Enforcement and DUI Community Education Programs
  - Deputy Daniel Simpkins, Hillsborough County (FL) Sheriff's Office
• Overcoming Challenges with Difficult DUIs
  - Officer Ashley Eller, Apopka (FL) Police Department
  - Officer Frank Imparato, University of Central Florida Police Department

Florida Legal Updates

• Breath, Urine & Blood Testing: Florida's Implied Consent Statute

  - TSRP Vin Petty, Florida TSRP Program

• Florida DUI Case Law Update

  - Ben Fox, Asst. State Attorney, Brevard County (FL) State Attorney's Office

• Florida Legislative Update
  - Peter Stoumbelis, Sr. Asst. General Counsel (Ret.), Florida Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Live Demonstrations/Crash Testing

• [NEW] Live, Instrumented Crash Testing and Crash Avoidance Demonstrations
  On Monday afternoon, all Symposium attendees will travel to Showtime Speedway for lunch, crash avoidance demonstrations, pedestrian vs. vehicle strikes, and multiple live, instrumented crashes. IPTM's team of renowned crash reconstructionists will gather and analyze the data from the staged crashes and present their findings during two identical breakout sessions.