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Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives Conference

July 13-15, 2020

Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Austin
6505 N Interstate 35 | Austin, TX | 512.454.3737

Seminar Agenda

Faculty Roster/Bio

Participant Roster

Day 1 - July 13, 2020

11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Drug and Alcohol Trends that Texas Courts Need to Know! Jermaine Galloway, Police Officer, Tall Cop Says Stop
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Clerk Certification Exam

Day 2 - July 14, 2020 (MUST ATTEND ENTIRE GENERAL SESSION FOR CREDIT)

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome and Annoucements Ned Minevitz, Program Attorney & TxDOT Grant Administrator
8:10 - 9:00 a.m.	On the Road to Zero Deaths Michael Chacon, Traffic Safety Division Director, TxDOT
9:10 - 10:10 a.m.	Rules of Engagement: Impaired Driving and the 4th Amendment Laura Weiser, Judicial Resource Liaison, Texas Center for the Judiciary
10:20 - 11:20 a.m.	Judicial Ethics in Impaired Driving Cases John Browning, Alternate Judge, Lavon Municipal Court
11:30 - 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.	Traffic Fatality Cases in Municipal Court - Why is this Only a Class C Misdemeanor Bianca Bentzin, Chief Prosecutor, City of Austin	DPS Enforcement and Compliance Procedures Greg DeGrazia, Assistant Manager, Enforcement and Compliance Service, Department of Public Safety	Model Outreach Panel: Innovative Impaired Driving Prevention Methods Presented by MTSI Award Winning Courts Moderator: Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	Driving Under the Influence: A Law Enforcement Perspective Kevin Harris, Police Sergeant, College Station Police Department	Vaping, CBD, and Other New Challenges Related to Impaired Driving Mark Busbee, Program Manager, Texas Municipal Police Association (FRIDAY Program)	Marijuana and Driving: A Deadly Combination Dr. Troy Walden, Director of Center for Alcohol, Drug, and Education Studies, Texas Transportation Institute
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	Blood Warrant Technology and Recent Developments Jerard Collins, Assistant Program Manager and Lead Specialist, Law Enforcement Advanced DUI/DWI Reporting System (LEADRS) Bryan Grubbs, Program Manager, Law Enforcement Advanced DUI/DWI Reporting System (LEADRS)	What's New in DWI Law? Andrew James, Vehicular Crimes Chief, Montgomery County District Attorney's Office	Bail and Bonds in Impaired Driving Cases Kirk Noaker, Associate Judge, City of Burnet

Day 3 - July 15, 2020

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.	An Environmental Scan of the DWI System: Trends, Barriers, & Opportunities for Reform Erin Holmes, Vice President of Criminal Justice Programs & Policy, Responsibility.org
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	A Smart Justice Approach to Impaired Driving: Reducing Recidivism, Cutting Costs, & Saving Lives Stephen Talpins, Chief Assistant State Attorney, Miami-Dade County (Florida) State Attorney's Office
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Value Life: The Consequences of Drunk Driving Renee Napier Lord, Drive to Save Lives
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