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SAFE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FORM Safe Communities Name of Agency/Group Office of the Prosecutine Attorney }}awaii County Address 34 Rainbow Drive City Hilo Zip 96720 Contact Charlene lboshi Phone 961-0466 PROBLEM STATEMENT' Priority Area: Alcohol and other Drug Countermeasures (If additional space is needed, ple~ise continue on a separate sheet and attach it to this form.) In recent years there have been many changes to the DUI and traffic laws in the State of Hawaii. These frequent changes, which make trying these cases more difficult for police and prosecutors, require enhanced inter-agency communication for successful prosecution. With the increase in drug use, including methamphetamine (ICE), it is more common to find poly- substance use in traffic offenders. Currently traffic commanders from the police departments in the state meet quarterly to discuss traffic trends, however, prosecutors rarely attend these meetings. With the exception of the State Traffic Commanders meeting, there are no forums for deputy prosecutors, police and medical responders to communicate within the County of Hawaii nor throughout the state. SOLUTION Briefly describe the solution to the problem including community effons (List tasks that will be accomplished with the funding of this project). The solution is to improve communication, stay updated on laws and trends in traffic enforcement by providing funds for prosecutors to attend the state traffic commanders meetings and conducting annual interagency training among prosecutors, police, and medical responders. These forums will provide information on the proper interpretation of Hawaii's DUI and traffic laws and contemporary trial techniques, as well as the latest trends in traffic enforcement. The bringing together of deputy prosecutors, police officers and medical responders will increased cooperative efforts between these agencies and serve to standardize strategies among local agencies for a more uniform and consistent approach to DUI law enforcement throughout the state. State Goals and Objectives of Project. The overall goals of the interagency communication and training project are make our roads safer and to improve the performance of the law enforcement system in its efforts to enforce DUI and other traffic laws by training deputy prosecutors, police and medical responders in the conceptual, technical, scientific and trial aspects of DUI and other traffic offenses. Objectives of this project will be to have a deputy prosecutor from each side of the Big Island of Hawaii attend periodic traffic commanders meetings, hold an annual training on DUI/negligent homicide for police, prosecutors and medical responders, and to create guidelines for prosecution and investigation for DUI /negligent homicides and other traffic cases. EXHIBIT "A"