Supervision for DUI/DWI Cases: Regional Probation and Parole Outreach Liaison Program

SESSION INFO

Monday, August 25, 2025
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop

Impaired driving is a significant public safety concern with damaging, and oftentimes, fatal consequences. Yet the risks and needs of this population often differ from those on community supervision for other issues. For this reason, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched the Probation and Parole Outreach Liaison (PPOL) program with APPA and created a Regional Probation Fellow position to provide a more focused approach in providing training (both ground and virtual), technical assistance and collaboration building to a region’s probation departments, courts, treatment providers, victim advocates, highway safety offices and DWI task forces. In this workshop we will first discuss the program, highlighting program activity and lessons learned in the first year. We will also present some early findings from various data collection efforts by the Urban Institute on the implementation and impact of this program as well as an evaluation of the Impaired Driving Assessment (IDA).

SESSION PRESENTERS

Sarah Aukamp
Research Analyst, Urban Institute


Sarah Aukamp is a research analyst in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She contributes to various projects relating to juvenile justice, human trafficking, pre-trial populations, community supervision, and criminal case processing. Before joining Urban, Aukamp served as a policy intern for the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences, where she researched legislation and policies surrounding recovery housing. She also served as research assistant on a project examining the spread of COVID-19 among incarcerated populations, and the use of no-knock warrants in Virginia. Aukamp holds a BS in Community and Justice studies from Guilford College and an MPP from The College of William & Mary.


Walter Campbell
Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute


Walter Campbell is a Senior Research Associate in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center. His research focuses on issues in community supervision, reentry, and the experiences of those who are incarcerated. His work has investigated various forms of treatment for those on community supervision and those leaving incarceration, such as cognitive behavior therapy and various forms of treatment during probation and parole home visits. His work has also investigated the use of the LS/CMI risk assessment and it’s connection to treatment, evaluations of parenting programs, evaluations of community violence intervention and prevention programs, and investigations into the impact of changes in legislation on those with drug convictions. Before joining Urban, Campbell worked as Senior Associate at Abt Associates where he led the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) and an evaluation of evidence-based practices in probation and parole funded by the National Institute of Justice, and multiple evaluations of the Roca, Inc. He has taught as an adjunct professor in criminal justice for Rutgers University since 2015. He earned his PhD and MA in criminal justice from Rutgers University, his MS in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania, and his BA in psychology from Colby College.


Rochisha Shukla
Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute


Rochisha Shukla is a senior research associate with the Justice and Safety Division at the Urban Institute, where her research focuses on correctional policy, judicial decisionmaking, and community reentry. Her recent work examines probation revocations and their contribution to rising prison and jail populations, strategies to reduce jail use for people on community supervision, improving the safety of incarcerated individuals and staff, and the nexus between housing instability and criminal legal system involvement. She previously led an evaluation of transitional housing support for people on probation in Pima County, Arizona, and supported an examination of Medicaid-supported community-based care for halfway house residents in Connecticut. Shukla holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in psychology from the University of Delhi, India; a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Delhi, India; and a master’s degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland, College Park.


Mark Stodola
Probation Fellow, American Probation and Parole Association


As Probation Fellow, Mark Stodola brings over 30 years of experience working in the field of court management and adult probation in Arizona. Mark worked at the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department for 18 years serving in a number of capacities including field supervisor and division director overseeing drug and alcohol treatment programs, problem solving courts and services for the mentally ill. Mark later became the Court Administrator of the Tempe Municipal Court where he served for eight years managing day-to-day activities including budget, case processing, program development (including the establishment of Arizona’s first municipal mental health court) and managing personnel. Most recently Mark served as Program Services Manager in the Adult Probation Services Division of the Arizona Supreme Court where he had oversight of treatment programs for Arizona’s Adult Probation Departments. Mark has presented training on topics surrounding high-risk drunk drivers at national, regional and state conferences throughout the country. Mark received his undergraduate degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his master’s degree in Education from Northern Arizona University. Afterwards, Mark became a Graduate Fellow through the National Council of State Courts Institute of Court Management.