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A
description of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
posted by Florida DUI Lawyer. *
Parks
& Braxton, your best resource for a Florida
DUI Lawyer, wants you to be well informed. Here
is a basic description of the standards for the
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Program:
- In
1986, the Advisory Committee on Highway Safety
of the International Association of Chiefs of
Police (IACP) passed a resolution which recommended
that law enforcement agencies adopt and implement
the field sobriety testing program developed
by NHTSA. As the program has grown, it has become
apparent that in order to insure continued success,
nationally accepted standards must be established.
These standards which establish criteria for
the selection and training of SFST practitioners
would help insure the continued high level of
success of the SFST program. In 1992, the IACP
Highway Safety Committee recommended the development
of this system of nationally accepted standards.
- In
April of 1992, the IACP and NHTSA sponsored
a meeting at the headquarters of IACP in Arlington,Virginia.
Persons invited to this meeting included SFST
instructors from several states, curriculum
specialists and training administrators. The
participants met in working groups to reach
a consensus concerning the many issues relating
to the SFST program and to develop recommended
minimum standards to the IACP Advisory Committee
on Highway Safety. The standards were drafted
and presented to the committee for their review
at the mid-year meeting in June 1992.
This
material is for informational purposes only. If
you want to know how the SFST tests affect you,
please contact Florida DUI
Lawyers, Parks &
Braxton
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