NHTSA Training Manuals Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Prosecutors and police officers love to play a game in court where the prosecutor objects to the defense attorney using the officer's training materials to impeach the officer in the procedures the officer followed during a drunk driving investigation. It goes like this:
PROSECUTOR: "Objection, your Honor, I don't know what book defense counsel is using to question the officer!"
POLICE OFFICER: "I don't know that book!"
This utterly ridiculous charade goes on daily in courts across Michigan. A few judges buy into it, but most see it as gamesmanship. Recently, I had a trial court judge try to help the prosecutor by ruling against me on this issue. I replied:
MR. MAZE: "Your Honor, if we can have the officer identify his training materials, I would be more than happy to use the NHTSA manual that he was trained from, even though these manuals do not substantially change from year to year."
PROSECUTOR: "Really? Which other manual do you have?"
MR. MAZE: "All of them."
The judge told us to move on, with me winning the ability to cross-examine the officer with the manual.
Here are the manuals for you, in case your prosecutor wants to play this game.
DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST Basic) Manuals:
Feb 2000 Student Manual
Jan 2002 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Sep 2004 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Feb 2006 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Mar 2013 Student Manual
May 2013 Instructor Manual
Oct 2015 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST Refresher) Manuals:
Mar 2002 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Sep 2004 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Aug 2008 (4-hour) Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Aug 2008 (8-hour) Instructor Manual | Student Manual
2009 Session II Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Oct 2015 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Teacher-Trainer (SFST -TT) Manuals:
Aug 1999 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Feb 2006 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Introduction to Drugged Driving Manuals:
Feb 2000 Student Manual
Sep 2004 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Drugs that Impair Driving Manuals:
Feb 2000 Student Manual
Sep 2004 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Feb 2006 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
DRE Pre-School Manuals:
Mar 1999 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
May 2002 Instructor Manual
Sep 2002 Student Manual
Jan 2006 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2007 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2010 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2011 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
May 2013 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Oct 2015 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
DRE 7-Day School Manuals:
Apr 1993 Student Manual
Aug 1999 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
May 2002 Instructor Manual
Sep 2002 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2006 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2007 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2010 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Jan 2011 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
May 2013 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Oct 2015 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Manuals:
Nov 2007 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
May 2013 Instructor Manual | Student Manual
Oct 2015 -- Instructor Manual | Student Manual