The IDTU’s mission is to Educate, Encourage, and Enforce. Educate law enforcement from basic to expert level training, encourage those officers to continue their education and maintain their proficiency, and encourage them to enforce impaired driving laws.
- Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)
- SFST Refresher
- SFST-IDC
- Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
- Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)
IDTU-DRE Unit Commander:
First Sergeant Matthew A. Okes
Phone: (804) 691-7262
Email:
IDTU@vsp.virginia.gov
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 27472
Richmond, VA 23261
Attn: IDTU-DRE Unit
Physical Address:
Administrative Headquarters
7700 Midlothian Turnpike
North Chesterfield, VA 23235
Staff
Sergeant Indiana Raccanello
Eastern Region
(540) 718-0796
Sergeant Johnathan Keen
Western Region
(276) 312-2839
Christina Mann
Office Services Specialist
(804) 997-3684
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)
The Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) training prepares
police officers and other qualified persons to conduct field tests for use in DWI investigations.
SFST Instructor (SFST IDC)
The SFST-IDC aims to train instructors to effectively teach and assess the DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST). IDC training includes learning about different learning styles, delivering effective presentations, and managing live alcohol workshops.
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
ARIDE will teach law enforcement officers to observe, identify, and articulate signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired driving incidents, serious injury, and fatal crashes. This course is designed for those who have successfully completed a course using the 24-hour SFST curriculum approved by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- This training is not intended to be a substitute for the DEC Program
- This training will NOT qualify or certify the participant as a DRE
- ARIDE is a training and NOT a certification
Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)
DRE will teach law enforcement officers to follow scientifically validated methods identify those whose driving is impaired by drugs other than alcohol.
Virginia Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
- Application (pdf)
Course materials
- Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) Participant Manual (pdf)
- Session 1 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 2 – Detection and General Deterrence
- Session 3 – The Legal Environment
- Session 4 – Overview of Detection, Note Taking, and Testimony
- Session 5 – Phase One: Vehicle in Motion
- Session 6 – Phase Two: Personal Contact
- Session 7 – Phase Three: Pre-Arrest Screening
- Session 8 – Concepts and Principles of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs)
- Session 9 – SFST Demonstrations and Practice
- Session 10 – Alcohol Workshop: First Session
- Session 10 A – Dry Lab
- Session 11 – Processing the Arrested Subject, Report Writing, and Preparation for Trial
- Session 12 – Moot Court
- Session 13 – Alcohol Workshop: Second Session
- Session 13 A – Dry Lab
- Session 14 – Review and Proficiency Examinations
- Session 15 – Written Examination and Program Conclusion
- Session 16 – Introduction to Drugged Driving
- SFST Instructor Participant Manual (pdf)
- Session 1 – Introduction
- Session 2 – Starting the Learning Conversation
- Session 3 – Effective Strategies in Learning and Instruction
- Session 4 – SFST Curriculum Package and Teaching Assignments
- Session 5 – Effective Feedback, Coaching and Proficiencies
- Session 6 – Effectively Promoting Participation and Interaction
- Session 7 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 8 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 9 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 10 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 11 – Introduction and Overview
- ARIDE Participant Manual (pdf)
- Session 1 – Introduction and Overview “Drugs and Highway Safety”
- Session 2 – Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) Review
- Session 3 – Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) Proficiency Examination
- Session 4 – Drugs in the Human Body
- Session 5 – Observation of the Eyes and Additional Tests for Drug Impairment
- Session 6 – Seven Drug Categories
- Session 7 – The Effects of Drug Combinations
- Session 8 – Pre and Post Arrest Procedures
- Session 9 – Written Examination and Program Conclusion
- Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Participant Manual (pdf)
- Session 1 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 2 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 3 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 4 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 5 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 6 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 7 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 8 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 9 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 10 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 10 A – Introduction and Overview
- Session 11 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 12 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 13 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 13 A – Introduction and Overview
- Session 14 – Introduction and Overview
- Session 15 – Introduction and Overview