Impaired driver courses

The Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) offers officers a variety of impaired driver courses. Learn more about the courses and available opportunities below.

The following courses are sponsored by MSP:

• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) – Two-day course
• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) — Update
• Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) — Stand-alone
• Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) — Refresher
• DRE School 

Our substance-impairment courses keep officers up-to-date on observing, identifying and articulating the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol or a combination of both. This helps reduce the number of impaired driving incidents, serious injury and fatal crashes.  

These trainings help other criminal justice professionals (prosecutors, toxicologists, etc.) understand the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol or a combination of both, and effectively work with law enforcement to reduce the number of impaired driving incidents, serious injury and fatal crashes.

Interested in hosting a training course? Please contact DWItraining@state.mn.us​.  

Learn more about law enforcement support for drugged driving training.

LIDAR and RADAR courses

Our LIDAR and RADAR operation courses train peace officers in the basics of these remote-sensing technologies. 

Child passenger safety training is provided by Office of Traffic Safety. Classes are scheduled around the state, typically spring and early summer.​​​