Tentative Agenda

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Day one: Monday, April 9, 2007

10:00 am

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5:00 pm

Registration

10:00 am

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5:00 pm

Exhibits Open

2:00 pm

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3:00 pm

Call To Order

Michele Meadows, Assistant Director, Operations, California Office of Traffic Safety

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Christopher J. Murphy, Director, California Office of Traffic Safety
Heather Peters, Deputy Secretary, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
Mike Brown, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol

Randell H. Iwasaki, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Transportation
Brian McLaughlin, Senior Associate Administrator, Traffic Injury Control, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Glynn Birch, National President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

3:00 pm

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3:45 pm

Keynote Address

Gordon Graham, Consultant, Graham Research Consultants

3:45 pm

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4:15 pm

Break/Exhibit Viewing

4:15 pm

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5:15 pm

General Session

Where Have We Been and Where Should We Go?
	Anne T. McCartt, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Legislative Update
	William Perlstein, Lieutenant, California Highway Patrol

6:30 p.m.

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9:00 p.m.

Welcome Dinner and Program, USS Midway

In partnership with AAA of Northern California and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.
	Moderator: David Doucette, Regional Manager, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Monica Zech, Public Information Officer/Safety Educator, El Cajon Police & Fire Department Scott McGaugh, Marketing Director, USS Midway Museum
Special Award Presentation

Day Two: Tuesday, April 10, 2007

7:00 am

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5:00 pm

Registration

7:00 am

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5:00 pm

Exhibits Open

7:00 am

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8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

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10:00 am

Workshop Session 1


1A:	DUI Enforcement Training
	Moderator: Bill Ehart, Law Enforcement Liaison, California Office of Traffic Safety
	William Cavenaugh, Cavenaugh & Associates
	Nearly 5,000 law enforcement officers have attended the Cavenaugh & Associates DUI Seminar. Does your traffic and patrol unit need a DUI tune-up? According to POST, William Cavenaugh’s 36-hour DUI training course is continually the highest rated course in the POST system. With 22 years of teaching this subject, William Cavenaugh will provide an overview of topics covered in his DUI seminar course including tactics of defense attorneys, changes in SFSTs, and tips for report writing and courtroom testimony.

1B:	Engaging Youth in Creating Safer Roadways in Communities
	Moderator: Jim Kooler, Administrator, California Friday Night Live Partnership
	Special Thanks to the Allstate Insurance Foundation
	Beth Gorley, Senior Communications Consultant, Allstate Insurance Foundation Lynne Goodwin, Program Analyst , California Friday Night Live Partnership Margaret Skaggs, Grant Coordinator, California Highway Patrol Mark DeSio, Deputy Director of External Affairs, California Department of Transportation Michael Roosevelt, Senior Court Services Analyst, Administrative Office of the Courts Wendy Tully, Program Manager, Department of Justice
	What priority is your community placing on young people? What’s new in educating teens on the dangers of drinking and driving, and the importance of seat belt use? This presentation will provide strategies for engaging young people and offer suggestions for linking new and existing educational programs offered throughout the state.

10:00 am

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10:30 am

Break/Exhibit Viewing

10:30 am

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12:00 pm

Workshop Session 2


2A:	Reducing Recidivism through Sanctioning the Offender
	Moderator: Honorable Larry Sage, Judge, Sparks Municipal Court
	Honorable Carl Biggs, Judge, Orange County Superior Court David LaBahn, J.D., Executive Director, California District Attorneys Association Leon J. Owens, M.D., Medical Director, Mercy San Juan Trauma Program
	This panel discussion will review the importance of Brief Interventions, DUI Courts and Increased DUI Prosecution. The panel will review models developed by a multi-disciplinary work group, which demonstrates the successes in reducing the recidivism rate. This was achieved through brief interventions, sentencing, and specific sanctions that can provide DUI offenders with the resources and referrals they need to make a prompt change in their “life-threatening” driving behavior.

2B:	Got Data?
	Moderator: Kimberly Garcia, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Alan M. Smith, MPH, Ph.D., County of San Diego Division of Emergency Medical Services Pat Valenzuela, Commander, California Highway Patrol John (Jack) F. Oates, Jr., Chief, Implementation Regional Operations and Program Delivery, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
	Got Data? Just like milk is to the human system, data is an essential part of the traffic safety system. Accurate and complete analysis of traffic crash data could identify predictable and avoidable crash patterns; therefore providing the ability to address appropriate traffic safety problems. During this workshop session, you will hear an analysis of motor vehicle crashes in San Diego County; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s perspective of California opportunities for the greatest potential for saving lives with crash data projections; and how future enhancements to the California data system, SWITRS, will improve the quality and timeliness of data.

12:00 pm

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1:00 pm

Lunch

	David Manning, Ph.D., Western Region Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Youth Drama Presentation
	Moderator: Pat Hines, Executive Director, Smartz Moves, Wheel Smarts
	John Adams Middle School Students, Santa Monica Marcia McCarthy, Drama Teacher, John Adams Middle School

1:00 pm

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1:30 pm

Break/Exhibit Viewing

1:30 pm

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2:30 pm

Workshop Session 3


3A:	Tips and Tools to Engage Youth in Teen Alcohol Prevention Programs
	Moderator: Leslie Witten-Rood, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Jill Galante, Program Coordinator, San Diego County Youth Council Mona Mena, Program Specialist, Alameda County Public Health Department
	Learn from two OTS grantees on how to engage youth in teen alcohol prevention programs. This interactive session highlights the specific approaches, strategies, and procedures to engage youth in underage drinking programs. You will walk away from this workshop with practical tools and techniques that you can use in your own projects with youth. The presenters will share ideas and examples of their surveys and media campaigns they have used in their community, along with examples of how to achieve success and the type of pitfalls that might occur while implementing a program.

3B:	Child Passenger Safety: Outreach and Recertification
	Moderator: Donna Heppner, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Shelly Atkinson, Community Health Educator, Sharp HealthCare Kerry Chausmer, Certification Manager, Safe Kids Worldwide
	This workshop presents an overview of the three year nationwide Boost ‘Em Up Demonstration Project. It will focus on the innovative ideas and techniques for CPS outreach, and car seat distribution developed collaboratively by the Think First Boost ‘Em Up Team. Also included is a review of the new Child Passenger Safety Technician recertification process, including continuing education units (CEUs), and an update on the new Child Passenger Safety Technician curriculum.

3C:	Crisis Communications in the Trenches, Plus OTS Grant Press Release Requirements
	Moderator: Chris Cochran, Marketing and Public Affairs Manager, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Chris Cochran, Marketing and Public Affairs Manager, California Office of Traffic Safety Michael J. Marando, Deputy Director of Communications, California Department of Motor Vehicles Tom Marshall, Public Information Officer, California Highway Patrol
	Flash flood, wildfire, earthquake—officer shot, department scandal, multi-car pileup— Whether natural or man-made, you have to handle the press right now. Get tips on what to have ready ahead of time so you will be professional and helpful when a crisis strikes. Learn how to react on the spot when you are out there by yourself as the press contact in a crisis. Also included are key elements on working with OTS to get your grant activity promoted and fulfilling your grant press release requirements.

3D:	Walk and Roll
	Moderator: Lisa Dixon, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Marc Catalano, Lieutenant, San Bruno Police Department Tasha Tervalon-Norcome, MSW, City of Berkeley Public Health, Injury Prevention Program
	This workshop will provide the how-to of implementing successful youth-oriented pedestrian and bicycle safety programs in your community by two experienced OTS grantees. The Stop, Look, and Wave—Pedestrian Safety Program is a back-to-basic safety program targeted at elementary and middle school age children. It is designed to increase pedestrian safety by teaching children simple practices when crossing the street. Law Enforcement Officers are used to teach and model the program. The Peer Education Program: Peers Advocating Safety & Sexual Health Education Now! (PASSHEN!) Program targets 30 middle school classrooms addressing bicycle safety and 20-30 high school classrooms addressing the impact of alcohol and other drugs on driving. Additionally, the program utilizes coordinated funding to present on sexual health at the high school. The program includes educating peer educators, scheduling and support with classroom presentations, documented pre-and post-testing of class participants, teacher evaluation forms, and outreach check-sheets. The discussion will also focus on the content and methodology of the presentation to middle school students, successes, and challenges. This includes student involvement in curriculum used, practice and evaluation of presentation style and skills and knowledge base assessment.

3E:	Youth Access to Alcohol
	Moderator: Michele Meadows, Assistant Director of Operations, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Mike Hicks, Detective, Modesto Police Department Kathleen Lenihan, District Administrator, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
	Does your community need a proactive approach or a statewide resource to target underage drinking parties at private residences and areas of town where minors tend to congregate to consume alcohol? The Modesto Party Patrol responds to these parties and ensures that all adults and minors leave the parties with a sober driver. The minors who have chosen to consume alcohol are cited to a diversion class where the goal is to educate rather than create a criminal record. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Teenage Party Prevention, Enforcement and Dispersal (TAPPED) Program is a controlled dispersal plan, which closes parties and monitors exit avenues for alcohol violations. It not only reduces the possibility of drinking and driving, but resolves the party situation without requiring return deployment to the scene.

3F:	Probation and the Repeat DUI Offender: Intensive Supervision Strategies
	Moderator: Ron Miller, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Greg Lynch, Probation Supervisor, Butte County Probation Department Gonzalo Mendez, Supervising Probation Officer, San Diego County Probation Department
	What can be done to deter the repeat DUI offender? In the past, most county probation departments provided very little formal supervision for individuals on probation for DUI offenses. Currently, 21 California counties have grant projects dealing with probation supervision of DUI offenders. This workshop highlights strategies for supervising those most at-risk to re-offend in an effort to prevent impaired driving collisions. Topics include risk assessments, office visits, random chemical testing, home visits and searches, bar sweeps, Naltrexone, DUI courts, partnerships with local law enforcement for special operations and collaboration with MADD education and public awareness programs.

2:30 pm

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2:45 pm

Break/Exhibit Viewing

2:45 pm

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3:45 pm

Workshop Session 4


4A:	Funding Sources for Pedestrian and Roadway Safety
	Moderator: Karen Coyle, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Ken Kochevar, Safety ITS Specialist, Federal Highway Administration Richard Yee, Transportation Engineer, City of Pasadena, Department of Transportation
	Does your city or community need funding for lighted crosswalks, vehicle speed feedback signs, flashing beacons, or other traffic control devices? Are your traffic problems “on or off” the federal aid system? Who provides that funding and who do you contact? Are your traffic concerns related to school zones, intersections, or other high conflict areas? This workshop is for local agency personnel, as well as other traffic safety professionals who would like to collaborate with their local cities and county governments in leveraging funding to address pedestrian and other roadway safety problems. Additionally the City of Pasadena will share how they developed a Pedestrian Safety Program. This plan includes the Suggested Routes to School Plan, infrastructure improvements (such as in-roadway lights, concrete bulb-outs and updated school signing) completed through the Safe Routes to School Program, and a pedestrian safety video targeting high school students.

4B:	Past, Present, and Future of Auto Safety
	Moderator: Donna Heppner, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Janette Fennell, Founder and President, KIDS AND CARS David A. Champion, Senior Director, Consumer Reports (CR) Auto Test Facility
	Experts from Consumer Reports and KIDS AND CARS will speak about how technology is evolving to help keep us safe in and around vehicles, and how certain technologies could be responsible for making us less safe. Discussion topics include the larger sized and highly styled vehicles; more autos on the road, miles driven, and hectic schedules; auto maker competition for hi-tech gadgets; and multi-tasking while driving (eating, shaving, phone calls, makeup, computer, etc.). Join us for an unbiased assessment of the automotive marketplace.

4C:	Embracing the Mature Driver
	Moderator: Kent Milton, California Highway Patrol
	D. R. (Ike) Iketani, Captain, California Highway Patrol Merry Banks, Special Projects Manager, AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah Bridget Lott, Captain, California Highway Patrol J.D. Leitaker, Driver Safety State Coordinator, American Association of Retired Persons
	This workshop reveals the latest information on licensing and mobility issues for the mature driver, newest programs available, recommendations, and trends. Senior Driver Safety; Unlocking Your Potential is a pilot program now in its third year with the CHP. This free, three-hour seminar targets drivers aged 65 and above in San Mateo County, and provides the audience with vital information critical to driver safety. The course is based on the American Society on Aging Driver’s Wellness Program, AARPs 55 Alive lesson, and information developed specifically by the Highway Patrol. The success of this program has prompted the CHP to take it statewide during 2007.

4D:	Traffic Safety In and Around Elementary Schools
	Moderator: Kimberly Garcia, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Traci Rebiejo, Traffic Officer, Livermore Police Department Rich Cinfio, Patrol Commander, San Carlos Police Department
	While children are dropped off at elementary schools, does your city experience unsafe practices such as: crisscross traffic, traffic back-up, dropping off in the fast lane, and parking in the drop off area? And, are you looking for an innovative child seatbelt awareness program that includes the entire elementary school? This workshop will showcase the Livermore Police Department Student Drop-Off Valet Program that addresses unsafe elementary school drop off practices. It will also show how the San Carlos Circle of Safety Seatbelt Awareness Program uses student art, essays, a simple traffic safety contract, cash awards, public service announcements, distribution of logo T-shirts, a safety assembly, and a giant seat belt that circles the entire student body to educate youth on seatbelt safety. The events have proven to be excellent public awareness and media exposure.

4E:	Innovative Programs to Watch
	Moderator: Tony Sordello, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Cecile Focha, Sergeant, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department Federico Vaca, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
	Two new programs will be highlighted during this workshop. Alive at 25 is a survivor course taught by law enforcement for drivers age 15-24. This program is designed to get young drivers to adopt safe driving practices, take responsibility for their behavior, and to be aware of the many typical driving hazards. Computerized Alcohol Screening and Intervention (CASI) is a cutting edge, one of a kind, English and Spanish speaking, roll-to-the-bedside computerized system. It is now providing both screening and brief intervention in Orange County’s only level 1 trauma center and emergency department.

4F:	Enforcement and the Repeat DUI Offender: HOT Sheets, Surveillance & Warrant Sweeps
	Moderator: Ron Miller, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Dave Ferry, Sergeant, Los Angeles Police Department Richard Schmidt, Assistant City Attorney, City of Los Angeles Mark Van Wyhe, Detective, Fresno Police Department Jon Cox, Captain, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office Jimmy Lee, Director of Public Affairs, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office
	Do you need to target the worst-of-the-worst repeat DUI offenders? This workshop will provide practical details on how to compile a Habitual Offender Tally (HOT) sheet and put it to use in surveillance, warrant sweep operations, and daily patrol. Learn how to utilize the media to expand the reach of these programs.

3:45 pm

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4:15 pm

Break/Exhibit Viewing

4:15 pm

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5:00 pm

Breakout Meetings


Interactive Q&A with OTS Staff
	Staff Members, California Office of Traffic Safety
	What are OTS’s Top 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions? What Does Your Coordinator Want You to Know? Let us help. Participate in a fun, interactive session focusing on OTS policies, procedures, and forms.

Local Law Enforcement Support Services
	Bill Ehart, Law Enforcement Liaison, Southern California, California Office of Traffic Safety Ed Gebing, Law Enforcement Liaison, Northern California, California Office of Traffic Safety Don Uelmen, Operations Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety Jill Cooper, Traffic Safety Center, University of California, Berkeley
	What can your law enforcement liaison and the Traffic Safety Center (TSC) at University of California, Berkeley, do for you and your agency? This session is an opportunity for you to meet and confer with your local law enforcement liaison to learn exactly how they can help your traffic safety efforts. Also in attendance will be a representative from the TSC at UC Berkeley who will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the OTS Sobriety Checkpoint and Click-It or Ticket mini-grant programs that are administered by TSC. Find out how to apply for a mini-grant, how to facilitate them, and the reporting requirements.

The Road to Avoid
	Wayne Ziese, DUI Avoid Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety Kimberly Garcia, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety Chris Cochran, Marketing and Public Affairs Manager, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Learn more about the “road “to a successful Avoid Program. Current and new grant coordinators, as well as all participating Avoid partners are welcome! During this informal session, you will learn the Avoid Program history, the direction Avoid grants are going, and how to improve your program with additional education and enforcement. You will also be able to provide input directly to OTS with your ideas for improvements.

Probation Roundtable: DUI Probationer Supervision
	Ron Miller, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	This interactive session provides an opportunity to ask questions and share experiences about probation supervision of DUI offenders and managing probation grants. Topics may include: who you supervise and why, use of risk assessment tools, working with local law enforcement, HOT sheets, checkpoints, warrant sweeps, office visits, home visits and searches, random chemical testing, testing modalities, program and treatment compliance, data collection, and reporting.

7:00 pm

Optional Activity: Padres vs. Giants (click here for more information)

Day Three: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

7:30 am

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12:00 pm

Registration

7:30 am

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9:00 am

Exhibits Open

7:30 am

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9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

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10:30 am

Workshop Session 5


5A:	Stress Exposure: Incident Management for First Responders
	Moderator: Karen Coyle, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Lawrence N. Blum, Ph.D., Police Psychologist, Psychological Corporation
	If you missed Dr. Blum’s presentation at our PTS Seminar in Dana Point or were astounded by his energetic lecture...HE’S BACK! Expanding on his previous presentation, “Tactical Decision Making Under Stress,” Dr. Blum will speak about Stress Exposure Incident Management—a skill that will help police officers prevent stress or trauma reactions from developing. These skills are simple to use, but profound in their impact.

5B:	New Research on Preventing High Risk Behaviors: Teaching Youth to Say No
	Moderator: Donna Heppner, Regional Coordinator, California Office of Traffic Safety
	Clay Roberts, Senior Consultant, Search Institute
	This session will review the protective factors that keep young people from engaging in high risk behaviors. Participants will also be involved in learning a specific strategy to teach young people resistance skills. We are very good at telling young people what to do, “just say no”. We need to get much better at teaching them how to do it.

10:30 am

12:00 pm

Awards Brunch

Special Thanks to Safe Kids Worldwide

12:00 pm

Adjourn Summit