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Working with Law Enforcement
Working with campus and local law
enforcement is a great way to help educate, inform, and prevent
impaired driving from happening in your campus community. Below
are some ways you can invite law enforcement to be an active component
of your impaired driving prevention efforts.
Assessment
Contact your campus police department and include them in assessment
efforts to target high-risk groups or areas of campus where alcohol
abuse is documented.
Ride-Along
Arrange with local DUI enforcement officers for weekend night ride-along
programs. Invite student leaders, campus newspaper editors or campus
administrators to participate and see first hand the problems of
impaired driving in your community.
Promote Campaigns
Help local law enforcement to promote heavy enforcement periods
such as the "You Drink and Drive. You Lose" campaign so
your campus community recognizes that it is a risky time to drive
impaired.
Assist with Checkpoints
Assist local law enforcement during their sobriety checkpoints or
saturation patrols by providing student volunteers to help fill
out paperwork, hand out information, or to provide snacks and refreshments
to the officers.
Designated Driver Programs
Make sure local law enforcement is aware of bars and restaurants
participating in a designated driver or sober ride program.
Task Force
Invite both campus and local law enforcement to be part of your
campus task force addressing alcohol and other drug issues.
Education Program
Invite local law enforcement to be part of educational programs
or round table discussions with student leaders on ways the campus
can be better community partners.
Sobriety Test Demonstration
Invite local law enforcement to present on DUI/DWI using the Fatal
Vision™ goggles or roadside test demonstrations.
Breathalyzers
Invite local or campus law enforcement to conduct Breathalyzer tests
during popular party nights so students can get a better understanding
of their blood alcohol levels.
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