CANCELED DUI Investigation & Prosecution: Protecting the Arrest and Winning the Case

PLEASE CLICK ON DOWNLOAD FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This 7-hour course was created by Jennifer Cifaldi, the Illinois Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor.  This program was developed to provide prosecutors and officers with the knowledge and skills to successfully investigate, prepare and prove their impaired driving cases in the courtroom and remove these dangerous drivers from our Illinois roadways.  Additionally, they will be provided with a case law update to help them navigate their way through DUI courts.

COURSE GOALS

By the end of this course, students will be able to do the following:

• Understand the seven subsections of the DUI statute (misdemeanor charges)
• Have basic knowledge of the five most commonly used Warnings to Motorist
• Know the basics of Field Sobriety Testing
• Assist the officer in articulation of alcohol/drug impairment in the courtroom
• Know how to use hospital blood results in the DUI case
• Successfully defeat common DUI defenses
• Cite the relevant case law