Enforcement Grant Program
The Enforcement grant program provides federal funds to law enforcement agencies to conduct enhanced traffic enforcement that focuses on impaired driving, occupant protection, speed and distracted driving. Questions? Contact Shannon Grabow (651) 201-7063.
Enforcement Grants
2021 Documents
In addition to the State Patrol, 56 law enforcement grants involving 309 agencies have been awarded for the federal fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2019.
2020 Documents
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Cheat Sheets
Training Requirements:
Every officer working OTS grant-funded shifts must be trained in the following:
Course |
Length |
Type |
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)
|
16 hours |
classroom |
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) (replaced DTID on Oct. 1, 2015) or Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID)
- 14 POST credits – ARIDE
- 9 POST credits - DTID
|
14 hours - ARIDE |
classroom |
Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE)
|
3 hours |
online |
Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID) was replaced by the classroom ARIDE on October 1, 2015. If an officer has taken DTID at any time in their career, the online ARIDE course is all that is required as a refresher within five years of the DTID date. Officers are not required to take a classroom ARIDE course if they have taken DTID.
All training courses are required to be refreshed within five years of their original training date and every subsequent five years after that.
Course |
Length |
Type |
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)-DWI Update
|
4 hours |
classroom |
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
|
6 hours |
online |
Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE)
|
3 hours |
online |
If you have any training questions for your officers, contact:
Shannon Grabow, OTS Enforcement Coordinator
651-201-7063
ARIDE Online - 6 POST credits
This course will instruct officers on the difference between alcohol and drug impaired drivers; how they are detected and what can be expected. Officers will learn the observable signs of seven major drug categories, medical conditions that mimic drug influence, and what they will see when they encounter drivers under the influence of specific drugs. This course may be used as ARIDE refresher.
To host a course, contact:
Lt. Don Marose, SFST-DRE Coordinator
651-297-7132
Occupant Protection Usage & Enforcement (OPUE) - 3 POST credits
This three-hour online training will address seat belt, child restraint and air bag history and development. Officers will learn the engineering designs that make these safety devices an important part of motor vehicles. Officers will be guided through the specifics about these safety devices and how they are protected both when they are occupants as well as when they respond to crashes. Officers will discuss enforcement techniques and requirements.