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Distracted Driving Awareness Month, National Motorcycle Safety Month, National Child Passenger Safety Week, and California's Pedestrian Safety Month. 3. Develop (by December 31) and/or maintain a " HOT Sheet" program to notify patrol and 12 traffic officers to be on the lookout for identified repeat DUI offenders with a suspended or revoked license as a result of DUI convictions. Updated HOT sheets should be distributed to patrol and traffic officers monthly. 4. Send law enforcement personnel to the NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Testing 2 (SFST) (minimum 16 hours) POST -certified training. 5. Send law enforcement personnel to the NHTSA Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving 2 Enforcement (ARIDE) 16 hour POST -certified training. 6. Send law enforcement personnel to the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training. 1 7. Send law enforcement personnel to SFST Instructor training. 1 8. Conduct DUI/DL Checkpoints. A minimum of 1 checkpoint should be conducted during 12 the NTHTSA Winter Mobilization and I during the Summer Mobilization. To enhance the overall deterrent effect and promote high visibility, it is recommended the grantee issue an advance press release and conduct social media activity for each checkpoint. For combination DUI/DL checkpoints, departments should issue press releases that mention DL's will be checked at the DUI/DL checkpoint. Sims for DUI/DL checkpoints should read "DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint Ahead." OTS does not fund or support independent DL checkpoints. Only on an exception basis and with OTS pre -approval will OTS fund checkpoints that begin prior to 1800 hours. When possible, DUI/DL Checkpoint screeners should be DRE- or ARIDE-trained. 9. Conduct DUI Saturation Patrol operation(s). 30 10, Conduct Traffic Enforcement operation(s), including but not limited to, primary collision I 1 factor violations. 11. Conduct highly publicized Distracted Driving enforcement operation(s) targeting drivers 6 using hand held cell phones and texting. 12. Conduct highly publicized Motorcycle Safety enforcement operation(s) in areas or during 8 events with a high number of motorcycle incidents or collisions resulting from unsafe speed, DUI, following too closely, unsafe lane changes, improper turning, and other primary collision factor violations by motorcyclists and other drivers. 13. Conduct Nighttime (1800-0559) Click It or Ticket enforcement operation(s). 2 14. Conduct highly publicized pedestrian and/or bicycle enforcement operations) in areas or 6 during events with a high number of pedestrian and/or bicycle collisions resulting from violations made by edestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. 15. Conduct Traffic Safety educational presentation(s) with an effort to reach community 6 members. Note: Presentation(s) may include topics such as distracted driving, DUI, speed, bicycle and pedestrian safety, seat belts and child passenger safety. 3. METHOD OF PROCEDURE. A. Phase 1— Program Preparation (l.st Quarter of Grant Year) • The department will develop operational plans to implement the "best practice" strategies outlined in the objectives section. • All training needed to implement the program should be conducted this quarter, • All grant related purchases needed to implement the program should be made this quarter. • In order to develop/maintain the "Hot Sheets," research will be conducted to identify the "w'orst of the worst" repeat DUI offenders with a suspended or revoked license as a result of DUI convictions. The Hot Sheets may include the driver's name, last known address, DOB, description, current license status; and the number of times suspended or revoked for DUI. Hot Sheets should be updated and distributed to traffic and patrol officers at least monthly. • Implementation of the STEP grant activities will be accomplished by deploying personnel at high collision io cations.Media _Requirements • Issue a press release announcing the kick-off of the grant by November 15, but no earlier than October 1. If unable to meet the November 15 date, communicate reasons to your OTS Coordinator. The kick-off press releases and any related media advisories, alerts, and materials must be emailed for approval to the OTS Public Infornnation Officer at rio(a;ots.ca.gov, and copied to your OTS Coordinator, 14 days prior to the issuance date of the release. B. Phase-2 —Prograrn Operations (Throughout Grant Year) 8/15/2018 11:01:27 AM Page 4 of 14