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SAFE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FORM Safe Communities Name of Agency/Group Office of the Prosecutine Attorney Hawaii County Address 34 Rainbow Drive City Hilo Zip 96720 Contact Charlenelboshi Phone 961-0466 PROBLEM STATEMENT Priority Area: Alcohol and other DruE Countermeasures (If additional space is needed, please continue on a separate sheet and attach it to this form.) Vehicular fatality cases are difficult to try; they require prosecutors to have a working knowledge of crash reconstruction and toxicology, skills working with expert witnesses and victims, and a thorough understanding of the law. These types of cases require a specialized knowledge of toxicology, crash reconstruction that is beyond the general knowledge of most experienced prosecuiors. To be more effective, Hawaii's deputy prosecutors are in need of specialized training in dealing with cases involving traffic-related fatalities. Such training will prevent future inadequacies in the ability of prosecutors to properly address criminal vehicular homicide and injury cases. SOLUTION Brielly describe the solution to the problem including community efforts The solution is to conduct athree-day statewide training that will provide specialized training for deputy prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the crash reconstruction dynamics, vehicle and occupant kinematics the Widmark BAC formula. Additionally, special emphasis on trial advocacy skills involving the unique issues involved in these difficult and technically challenging cases. State Goals and Objectives of Project. Goal: To train deputy prosecutors in the evaluation of technical facts and evidence in cases that involve criminal vehicular homicide and injury cases, improve cases evaluation and trial preparation of deputy prosecutors, law enforcement experts, and witnesses. The final bi- product will be to improve the trial advocacy techniques of presenting these technically challenging cases. Objective: To ~ro~: ire deputy prosecutors with an training that will increase their understanding of how evidence is derived through various tests and assist them in the evaluation of evidence derived from crash reconstruction, blood alcohol level testing, and crash kinematics reports, as well as inform them of modern trial advocacy practices and techniques. State previous funding of the project and by whom_ Currently, each Prosecutor's office is responsible for training its own deputy prosecutors. While State and Federal Governments have funded traffic safety programs in the past, the previously allocated funds have generally been dedicated to local police departments and endeavors designed to prevent the occurrence of intoxicated driving. 13