Background:
The Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) with input from the International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP) Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police. ARIDE was created to address the gap in training between the
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and the Drug Evaluation and Classification
(DEC) Program.
ARIDE is intended to bridge the gap between these two programs by providing
officers with general knowledge related to drug impairment and by promoting the
use of DREs in states that have the DEC Program. One of the more significant
aspects of ARIDE is its review and required student demonstration of the SFST
proficiency requirements.
This course will train law enforcement officers to observe, identify,
and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol or a combination
of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired drivers and impaired driving
related traffic collisions. This course will train other criminal justice
professionals (prosecutors, toxicologists, etc.) to understand the signs of
impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both and enable them
to effectively work with law enforcement in order to reduce the number of
impaired drivers and impaired driving related traffic collisions.
