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Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives Conference

March 25-27, 2019

Marriott Westchase
2900 Briarpark Dr. | Houston, Texas 78230 | 713.978.7400

Seminar Agenda

Faculty Roster/Bio

Day 1 - March 25, 2019

11:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00- 5:00 p.m.

Motivational Interviewing, Screening, and Brief Intervention
Andy Fazzio, Fazzio Consulting, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Member

Focus on Reducing Impaired Driving Among Youth
Chuck Carlile, Retired Texas State Trooper, Special Ranger, Texas DPS

Clerk's Certification Test - All Levels

Proctor: Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City of Friendswood

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Buffet Dinner (RSVP Required)

Day 2 - March 26, 2019 (MUST ATTEND ENTIRE GENERAL SESSION FOR CREDIT)

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.	Welcome and Annoucements Regan Metteauer, Program Attorney, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, Program Attorney & TxDOT Grant Administrator
8:05 - 9:05 a.m.	Saving Lives and Addressing Crime: One Stop at a Time Daniel G. Sharp, Chief of Police, Oro Valley, Arizona
9:05 - 10:05 a.m.	New Law and Tools in Impaired Driving Clay Abbott, DWI Resource Prosecutor, Texas District
10:05 - 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 - 11:20 a.m.	Behind the Uniform: Military Personnel in Impaired Driving Cases Col. Tara Osborne, Former Chief Trial Judge, U.S. Army
11:20 - 12:00 p.m.	Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives Award Winners Presentation
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

BREAKOUT TRACKS	TRACK A	TRACK B	TRACK C
1:00 - 2:10 p.m.	Scooters, Bikes, and Impairment Bianca Bentzin, Chief Prosecutor, City of Austin	Drug Recognition Experts Michael Jennings, Detective, Austin Police Department	Model Outreach Panel Moderator: Ned Minevitz, Program Attorney & TxDOT Grant Administrator
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	Impaired Driving and the Media Glen Muse, President, Texas Pictures	"It's Not Just an Accident," - Vehicular Homicide, the Accepted Murder Jim Camp, Dynamic Messages, LLC	Teen Court and Traffic Safety Mike Mullen, Teen Court Coordinator, City of College Station, Past President, Teen Court Association of Texas
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	The Law of Unintended Consequences: 21st Century Traffic "Solutions" Ned Minevitz, Program Attorney & TxDOT Grant Administrator	Ignition Interlock Devices Hon. Rodney Adams, Presiding Judge, City of Irving	Impairment in the Workplace: A Vehicle is a Workplace Cindy Leonard, Program Manager, National Safety Council Our Driving Concern

Day 3 - March 27, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.	Prosecuting Alcohol Cases in the Age of Social Media Jim Camp, Dynamic Messages, LLC Jared Olson, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Drugged Driving: A Problem for Everyone Joanne Thomka, Director, National Traffic Law Center, National District Attorneys Association
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Five Simple Guidelines Rebecca White, Presenter, Five Simple Guidelines
12:00 p.m.	Conference Adjourns

Credit Hours:

CLE Credit: Up to 9.25 hours if attended 8‐5 on Day 2 and 8‐12 on Day 3. Please see the Credit Calculation sheet. Not all sessions count for CLE credit.

Judicial Education and Clerk Certification Credit: 12 hours if attended 8‐5 on Day 2 and 8‐12 on Day 3 and 4 additional hours if attended the optional
pre‐conference session from 1‐5 on Day 1.

There is no TCOLE credit for attending this conference.

Funded by grants from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Department of Transportation