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Final Report Page 2 3. Liaison between police, community, prosecutors and judiciary on impaired driving and courts. Collect statistics on conviction rates. 4. Researches grant opportunities for impaired driving programs and for ongoing support of an impaired driving task force and prevention programs. 5. Evaluate and make recommendations on how to improve the intoxilyzer (breath testing device) program 6. Conduct an in-depth review of the ADLRO procedures to see if they can be improved to increase conviction rates. Make recommendations. STATUS/RESULTS 1. FACILITATION OF IMPAIRED DRIVING TASK FORCE CONTINUED WORKING ON GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE TASK FORCE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO REDUCE IMPAIRED DRIVING IN HAWAII COUNTY. To reach the goals of the task force, subcommittees were formed and meetings were held throughout the year: Criminal Justice subcommittee (4 meetings conducted), Safe Ride Subcommittee (4 meetings conducted) in addition to the impaired driving task force meeting. ? REDUCE NUMBER OF IMPAIRED DRIVING FATALITIES BY 10% During this grant period, there were a total of 35 fatalities; 12 involved alcohol, 8 involved drugs, 5 fatalities involved both drugs and alcohol. 18 of the fatalities were free of any substances.* statistics as of 10/19/07; test results of recent fatality cases still pending. 51% of fatalities involved alcohol and/or drugs During last grant period, there were a total of 37 fatalities; 13 alcohol related; 11 involved drugs; 4 involved both alcohol and other drugs. 15 fatalities were free of any substances. 59.5% of the fatalities involved alcohol and/or drugs. There has been a 8.5% decrease since last grant period. ? INCREASE NUMBER OF DUI ARRESTS During this grant period, there was a total of 1251 DUI arrests in Hawaii county compared to 1127 during the same period last year, an increase of 11 % . ? INCREASE NUMBER OF DUI CONVICTIONS A Criminal Justice subcommittee was formed as a result of the task force's goals. This subcommittee consisted of members from the prosecutor's office, court monitoring project and police to formulate ways to improve processing of DUI cases. Results from Court Monitoring Project still pending review and evaluation from task force.