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SCHEDULE A (PROSECUTORS TRAINING) (Project Number) MISSION/GOAL The mission/goal of the prosecutor's training project is to make our roads safer and improve the performance of the law enforcement system in its efforts to enforce traffic laws by holding inter-agency meetings between police and prosecutors and training deputy prosecuting attorneys in the conceptual, technical, scientific and trial aspects of these offenses. STRATEGIES • Create a position for a State wide Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, who will coordinate traffic related training for prosecutors in the State of Hawaii and be available to answer traffic related questions form other deputy prosecutors in the State of Hawaii. • Have the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor attend every traffic commanders meeting; coordinate a separate prosecutor's meeting to be held in conjunction with the traffic commanders meeting; be responsible for coordinating the agenda for the prosecutor's meeting, to include discussion of traffic enforcement and prosecution issues facing all counties in the State. • Have an Attorney General representative who handles legislation attend one of the traffic commanderlprosecutor quarterly meetings to coordinate to discuss legislative concerns. • Have the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor and a deputy prosecutor who co-chairs the Governor's Highway Council attend the 2008 Lifesavers Conference in Portland, Oregon in April of 2008 and other traffic related trainings and/or events. • Have the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor develop, update and arrange modulaz trial advocacy training for deputy prosecutors who will be handling district (traffic) court. • Conduct a "Train the Trainer Training" to facilitate the modulaz trial advocacy training and to offer local prosecutors the opportunity to benefit from the adult teaming model as it applies to trial advocacy. • Conduct one two-day state-wide basic trial advocacy training on Hawaii's DUI traffic laws and contemporary trial techniques. Train and improve the trial advocacy skills of at least 15 deputy prosecutors who handle traffic cases from aoound the state at least two of which would be from each county. SOLUTION/IMPLEMENTATION • Implementation will include flying in at least 2 expert trainer/consultants from the mainland to help in the presentation of the trainings. • Implementation also includes flying in at least 2 experienced local trainers/consultants from the State of Hawaii, to help in the presentation of the training courses. • Implementation also includes flying in and housing at least 10 local deputy prosecutors from around the state to be trained. • Other expenses include flying deputy prosecutors to neighbor islands and the mainland to attend the police commanders meetings and the Lifesavers conference. • Other expenses also include preparation of written materials and training room expenses. EVALUATION • The goal is is train at least 15 Deputy Prosecuting Attome~~s from around the State of Hawaii and make them better preps ed to handle traffic related cases.