Between the Lines Newsletter

(May 2023) Utah: Leading the Way in Traffic Safety–Skeen April 2023 BTL–Technology in DWI Cases–Inman (March 2023) Not Just Traffic–When a Non-Traffic Felony Conviction Disqualifies a CDL–Truong (February 2023) Celebrating NHTSA’s Traffic Safety Partners-Fisher (January 2023) NTLC’s Year in Review and A Look Ahead (December 2022) Empowering Judges and Keeping the Roads Safe – Judge Williams-Byers (November 2022) Tennessee’s Unique Distracted Driving Enforcement Campaign – Tabson & Walls (October 2022) Exigency for a Blood Draw in an Impaired Driving Case – Smith (September 2022) Real Ramifications for Masking CDL Convictions – Dobbs (August 2022) Risky-Driving Behaviors: What Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Need to Know – Saucier (July 2022) Students Against Destructive Decisions – Birt (June 2022) Improving Highway Safety by Permanently Banning Commercial Drivers Convicted of Human Trafficking – FMCSA CDL Division (May 2022) Using Data to Address Biased Policing – Barone (April 2022) Traffic Stops: Understanding and Addressing Citizens’ Concerns – Cramer (March 2022) Improving Roadway Safety by Linking DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy with the Commercial Driver’s License – FMCSA CDL and Drug and Alcohol Programs Divisions (February 2022) Steering in the Right Direction – Russo (January 2022) NTLC’s Year in Review and A Look Ahead – NTLC Staff (December 2021) DRE Post-Incident Review: Something to Consider in Cases Without a DRE – Barnes (November 2021) The Importance of Judicial Recognition of Cases Involving Commercial Drivers Licenses – Hon. Gary A. Graber (October 2021) Forensic Science Standards Development— Get Informed & Get Involved – Limoges (September 2021) The Kentucky CDL Advisory Committee and the Kentucky CDL Outreach Project – Cole-Funfsinn (August 2021) Traffic Enforcement Issues Decided by the U.S. Supreme Court – Inman (July 2021) Smart, Comprehensive Impaired Driving Enforcement – Clark, Thomka (June 2021) Operation Sober Handle: Changing Behaviors and Increasing Public Safety, One Truck Stop at a Time – Miriam Norman (May 2021) Bright Lights Ahead | What to Expect from Congress and the Biden Administration on Transportation Policy – Russo (April 2021) In Search of a Vaccine for America’s Ongoing Road Safety Epidemic – Shadel, Martin (March 2021) Traffic Safety Initiatives: Safer Roadways through CDL and CMV Enforcement – Lavalas (February 2021) Responsibility.org and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Partner to Create New Resource for Toxicologists—The National Resource Toxicologist – Miles (January 2021) Impaired Driving: A New Perspective on a Perennial Problem – Robertson, Barrett, Woods-Fry, Wicklund, Vanlaar (December 2020) We Do Not Know What We Do Not Know – Camp (November 2020) Laser, Radar Can Be Admitted in Court to Convict Speeders, Without Testimony About Their Science: Ohio Supreme Court – Reese & Rease (October 2020) Use of Oral Fluid to Detect Drugged Drivers – Moore, Lindsey, Harper, Knudsen (September 2020) New and Updated Resources at the National Traffic Law Center – NTLC (August 2020) Driving Change: How the Movement for Criminal Justice Reform Impacts the Rules of the Road – Russo (July 2020) What Can We Learn from Rural US? – Inman (June 2020) Kentucky TSRP’s Adapt Training During COVID-19 with TSRP Tips of the Day – Lockridge, Cole (May 2020) CDL Enforcement and Adjudication Post-COVID-19 – Lavalas (April 2020) Jury Selection: Not part of the trial- It Is the Trial! – Garner (March 2020) Distracted Driving Laws – Turner (February 2020) If Your State Doesn’t Have a TSRP, This Is Why It Should – Abbott (January 2020) Smart Justice – Rundle, Talpins (December 2019) NTLC’s Year in Review and A Look Ahead – NTLC (November 2019) No “Second Warrant” Needed for Test Results – Geady, Inman (October 2019) Using Special Operations to Address Commercial Motor Vehicle Drugged Driving – Plummer, Hayes (September 2019) Supreme Court Decisions and Upcoming Cases Reflect Growing Need for Electronic Search Warrants in Impaired Driving Cases – Holmes, Talpins (July 2019) Mastering Masking: Why and How to Avoid Masking CDL- Holder Convictions – Earleywine (June 2019) Trafficking to Traffic: A Fentanyl Homicide Case Study – Reese (April 2019) State Masking Statute Compilation- CDL Enforcement – Howard (March 2019) Mitchell vs. Wisconsin: Another Challenge to Implied Consent | Reinventing The Prosecution of DUI’s Cases: Partnership for Safe and Sound Policies – Vélez (February 2019) Prosecutor & Toxicologist Guide to Effective Communication – Knudsen (January 2019) The Mellanby Effect: Why Impaired Individuals Should Not Be Allowed to Be Behind the Wheel – Norman (October 2018) Preparing for the Direct Examination of Toxicology Witness – Brown (July 2018) Does Addiction Impair One’s Ability to Drive? – Staudinger, Watson & Brown | Recognizing The Life Saving Power of the Drug Recognition Expert – Kimball (May 2018) Are We in a Rush to Crash?: Speeding and Fatalities – NTLC (April 2018) Michigan’s Oral Fluid Roadside Drug Testing Pilot Program Underway – Canike, Stecker (January 2018) Vehicular Assault- Causing Unintended Injury With a Motor Vehicle – Grady (August 2017) Change Happens, Reckless Ones – Kimball | The Reckless Ones – Grady (January 2017) Breath Testing for Cannabis: An Emerging Tool with Great Potential for Law Enforcement – Talpins, Holmes, Kelley-Baker, Walls, Kimball (September 2016) Autonomous Vehicles: Technology Driving Legal Change – NTLC (February 2016) U.S. Supreme Court Approves Criminalizing Breath Refusals – Lemons, Birst | Why Do We Call it an “Accident?” it’s a “Crash!” – Stecker, Gorzelewski (January 2016) Criminalizing Refusals: A Prosecutor’s “Tool” in Doubt -Brown (May 2015) Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS): The New Frontier in DUI Offender Assessment – Holmes (April 2015) The Significance of a Drug Recognition Expert Prosecutor in the Courtroom – Stecker (March 2015) Rodriguez v. U.S: What Is the ‘Mission’ of a Traffic Stop? – Hollenberg (February 2015) Oral Fluid in DUI Cases – Moore, Miles (January 2015) Implied Consent: No Exception to the Warrant Requirement – NTLC (July 2014) New Electronic Outline Resource to Combat Defense Experts – NTLC (June 2014) Breaking Down Navarette: 911 Tips Inherently More Reliable – Lathrop (May 2014) Discouraging the Dubious Mechanical Failure Defense – Kwasnoski (April 2014) Making the Connection: Felony Offenses and Commercial Driver License Sanctions – Shea (March 2014) Technical and Practical Aspects of Ignition Interlocks – Denton (February 2014) A New High in the Colorado Rockies – Halsor (January 2014) Uncharted Territory: The Anatomy of a Texting While Driving Vehicular Homicide Case – Jenswold (July 2013) A Different Approach: Drug Recognition Expert Mock Court Trial – Stecker (June 2013) Impaired Driving Crash Scene – Garner (May 2013) McNeeley v Missouri: What Now? – Glass (January/February 2013) Aftermath of Arizona v Gant: The Limited Effect on Search and Seizure in Vehicles – Neil (December 2012) Uncharted Territory: The Anatomy of a Texting While Driving Vehicular Homicide Case – Jenswold (December 2012) Biomarker Testing for Criminal Justice Professionals – Talpins, Neil (July/August 2012) 2012 DRE Section Awards Announced | 2012 Annual Meeting of the Governors Highway Safety Association | DRE Ambassador Awards | Karen Tarney Bookstaff Award (May/June 2012) Garmin GPS Units and Crash Investigation – Bruno (March/April 2012) National Sobriety Testing Resource Center and Drug Recognition Expert Data System – Price (January/February 2012) Prosecute the Crime; Sentence the Defendant – Inman (July/August 2011) “Unmasking CDL Convictions” – Shea (May/June 2011) Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety – Traube, Ferguson (March/April 2011) Just Like Marijuana? – Messick (January/February 2011) Ignition Interlocks: Why do we need them and what does the future hold? – Ursino (December 2010) Stimulants and Alcohol: A Dangerous Combination -Stecker (September 2010) “Questioning and Interrogations for Criminal Traffic Offenses” – Restuccia (July 2010) New Strategies to Curb Drugged Driving – DuPont, Logan, Talpins (January 2010) Build Your Ark – Camp (October 2009) The Impact of Arizona v Gant: Limiting the Scope of Automobile Searches? – Neil (December 2009) Don’t Give ‘Em a Break! – Fox (December 2008) South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Program – Bachand (December 2008) A.R.I.D.E: Giving Officers the Tools they Need to Recognize Drug-Impaired Drivers – Glass (October 2008) DWI Partners in Prevention Conference – McCormack (April 2008) DWI Fatalities: The HIPPA Hurdle – Diepraam, Kugler (December 2007) MADD Revamps Court Monitoring Programs and Urges a New Look at First-Time DWI Offenders – Downes, Dewey-Kollen (October 2007) Reputation Management or What Color is Your Hat? – Wallace, Steckelberg (July 2007) Strategies in Playing “Cops & Prosecutors” – Olson (April 2007) About Alcohol Ignition Interlocks – Robertson, Vanlaar, Simpson (December 2006) Improperly Licensed Drivers: A Cause for Concern – Knight (October 2006) Serious Facts Require Serious Charges: Combating Habitual DWI Offenders Who Kill – Diepraam (July 2006) Making a Difference – In Their Communities and Across the Country – Earleywine (April 2006) Low Manpower Sobriety Checkpoints in Rural and Small Communities – Neil (December 2005) Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws, Should We? – Wallace (October 2005) A New Tool for Better DUI/DWI Offense Reports – Sobel | Going on the Offensive at Administrative License Suspension Hearings: One State’s Approach – Brophy (April 2005) Continuous Alcohol Monitoring: Supporting Supervision, Screening, and Early Intervention – Brown (January 2005) NHTSA’s Prioritizing of Prosecutors: TSRP, What Does it Mean and How Can It Help You? – Overton (April 2004) Event Data Recorders (EDR) – Recording Automotive Crash Event Data – Chidester, Cunningham (March 2004) Above and Beyond – Talpins | Selling the Obvious – Talpins (February 2004) Update on Drug-Impaired Driving – NTLC (January 2004) The Xylene Inhalant Defense: Does it Pass the Smell Test? – NTLC (October 2003) Handy Reminders When Analyzing Law Enforcement Traffic Stops – NTLC (June 2003) Ten Things Prosecutors Can Do for Stronger DUI Cases – NTLC (February 2003) Crash Reconstruction Puzzler: Can You Find the Answers To Defeat the Defense’s Expert? – NTLC (January 2003) Baste & Broil: Cross Examination Strategy for Impaired Driving Cases – NTLC (April 2002) GHB Use Increasing in DUIs – NTLC (March 2002) Mind-Mapping with Jurors: Closing Argument Technique – NTLC (February 2002) Child On Board – NTLC (January 2002) Road Rage – NTLC (December 2001) The National Traffic Law Center: Who We Are and What We Do – NTLC (November 2001) Forced Blood Draws – Admissibility of Blood Test Taken After Defendant’s Refusal – NTLC (October 2001) Saliva Test Kits: Is the Future Now – NTLC (May 2000) Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and Strict Compliance – NTLC (April 2000) Are Sniffing Flashlights Too Nosy? – NTLC (March 2000) Breath Test Challenges: The Generation – NTLC (February 2000) Admissibility in Advance – NTLC (January 2000) Drug Evaluation and Classification Program – NTLC (December 1999) The Dirt on Digital – NTLC (November 1999) The Eyes Have It – NTLC (October 1999) Credibility “Coupons” for the Witness – Kwasnoski and Gould (January 1999) Defeating Attacks on the Police Reconstructionist – Part II – Kwasnoski and Gould (December 1998) Defeating Attacks on the Police Reconstructionist – Part I – Kwasnoski and Gould (November 1998) The Vehicle Autopsy – Kwasnoski and Gould (October 1998) “It was the Car’s Fault” – Kwasnoski (January 1998) “it was the Car’s Fault” – Part I – Kwasnoski (December 1997) Cross Examination of Computer Assisted Reconstruction – Kwasnoski (November 1997) Cross Examining the Defense Accident Reconstructionist – Kwasnoski (October 1997) Preparing For Cross Examination of the Defense Reconstructionist – Kwasnoski (January 1997) No Math Is the Best Math – Kwasnoski (December 1996) Miranda and DRE – NTLC (November 1996) What Kind of Expert? – Kwasnoski (October 1996) It’s All In The Evidence – Kwasnoski (September 1996) Prosecuting the Pedestrian Fatality – Kwasnoski (April 1995) 911 Anonymous Tips – NTLC (March 1995) Evidence of Refusal to Perform FSTs Challenged – NTLC (February 1995) Double Jeopardy – State Supreme Courts Rule – NTLC (January 1995) Double Jeopardy – ALR – NTLC (March 1994) Challenges to Field Sobriety Tests – NTLC (February 1994) Mandatory Chemical Testing – NTLC (January 1994) National Traffic Law Center – Resource Clearinghouse- NTLC (April 1993) Traffic Safety Summit – II – NTLC (March 1993) APRI’s National Traffic Law Center – NTLC (February 1993) National Traffic Law Center – NTLC (January 1993) National Traffic Law Center Established – NTLC