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SCHEDULE A (PROSECUTORS TRAINING) (Project Number) glSSION/GOAL the mission/goal of the prosecutor's training project is to make our roads safer and improve the performance of the aw enforcement system in its efforts to enforce traffic laws by holding inter-agency meetings between police and )rosecutors and training deputy prosecuting attorneys in the conceptual, technical, scientific and trial aspects of hese offenses. STRATEGIES • Continuing to have a designated State wide Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, who will coordinate traffic related training for prosecutors and police in the State of Hawaii and who 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. • Have the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor and a deputy prosecutor who co-chairs the Governor's Highway Council attend the Lifesavers conference in Nashville, Tennessee in March of 2009 and other traffic related trainings and/or events. • Conduct a two-day state-wide training on Hawaii's DUI traffic laws with a focus on technological tools available for police in investigating traffic crimes, prosecutors in evaluating and presenting cases and the judiciary in sentencing of traffic crimes. • Train at least 20 deputy prosecutors who handle traffic cases from around the state. • Train police officers who handle traffic case from around the state. 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 Traffic Commanders meetings and the Lifesavers Conference. • Other expenses also include preparation of written materials and training room expenses. EVALUATION • The goal is to train at least 20 Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys from around the State of Hawaii and expose them to technological tools that are currently available in the prosecution of traffic crimes. The police officers in attendance will also be exposed to technology that is or will be available in the near future which can be used both during the investigation of traffic crimes and in the prosecution of traffic crimes. • Participants will fill out a survey designed to measure the benefits of the training process, the amount of information or knowledge gained as a result of their participation, the usefulness of the material covered, and the likelihood of such being applicable to cases they encounter-