Partnerships that Save Lives: How NHTSA Supports Probations Efforts to Stop Impaired Driving

SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 29, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Session Type: Workshop

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has actively supported APPA’s efforts to address the high-risk impaired driving population that find their way onto community supervision. These efforts include the development of the Impaired Driving Assessment (IDA) and the establishment of the APPA Probation Fellow position. This interactive presentation will provide exciting information on NHTSA’s expansion of the Probation Fellow positions as well as a description of their local resources available to probation departments. We will provide an overview of the IDA, and an update on ongoing research surrounding the tool. We will also demonstrate the new technologies that are now available to users including an automated scoring system and user website to increase evaluator efficiencies and provide useful information for departments.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Nicole Booker
Highway Safety Specialist, National Highway Traffic Safety

Mark Stodola
Probation Fellow, American Probation and Parole Association


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 the day to day activities of the court 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.