ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement)

Name: ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement)
Start: 2025-02-11T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-12T16:30:00-05:00
Location: LCDES

February 11, 2025 @ 8:30 am – February 12, 2025 @ 4:30 pm

The Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with input from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Technical Advisory Panel and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. ARIDE was created to address the gap in training between the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and the Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) programs.

The class begins with a SFST review to ensure students are proficient and error free in their administration of SFSTs as they are the cornerstone of all impaired driving enforcement. Students must be able to demonstrate proficiency with the administration of SFSTs to continue with the remainder of the training. The remaining instruction introduce the seven (7) established drug categories, signs and symptoms associated with each category, methods of ingestion, paraphernalia, additional roadside tests including the Modified Romberg Balance and Lack of Convergence tests, current drug trends and an overview of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP).

It is not designed to replace the DRE program; rather, it is intended to supplement the DECP by enabling officers to recognize impairment resulting from controlled substances and to utilize a DRE. ARIDE is a prerequisite course for Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

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