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Gallatin County DUI Task Force
Members
Cherie Lofton, MHP
Christina Crow, Citizen Volunteer
Force Tolar, GCSO
Steve Scott, Citizen Volunteer, Chair
Hal Richardson, Bozeman PD
Eris Miller, ADSGC
Jonathan Cook, Three Forks Marshall’s Office
Jeff McRae, Manhattan PD
Katherine McLaughlin, Citizen Volunteer
Susan Wordal, City Attorney’s Office
Gordon Berger, West Yellowstone PD
Jenna Caplette, Coordinator
Guests
Tom Schwartz, National Park Service
Eric Bryson, Community Corrections
Approval of January minutes: Motion by Christina; seconded by Scott. Unanimous.
New Business
- Jenny Haubenreiser from MSU Health Promotion presented MIP arrest statistics to ask law enforcement members for ideas on why the arrest rates have decreased between 2007 and 2008. Ideas for the decrease included:
- MIP laws changed in the 2007 legislative session
- There has been a decrease in party calls
- Stephen and Jenna met with Susan Wordal and discussed interlock usage.
- The 2009 Swimming Upstream Awards will take place April 9th
- Topics of open discussion
- Change meeting date for April meeting to April 22nd.
- There will not be a roundtable with MADD in April. With MADD attendance down they need to reconsider what projects they involved in and it seems like it may be time to reassess the roundtables.
Marketing
- Discussed the idea of a “guerilla” marketing campaign using Bozeman Chronicle Classified ads and Craigslist. The idea is to focus on top common questions and misconceptions about alcohol and DUI. Jenna requested everyone to send five to ten ideas so she can compile a list. She may not have time to work on this until after the Swimming Upstream Awards. Susan suggested that Rich MacLane from Bozeman PD may be able to put some on closed circuit TV in the city building.
- Thanks to Community Service for posting St.Patrick’s Day posters.
Finances
Former mini-grants
- NPS Safety check on March 13 resulted in these citations:
- 1 DUI, 2 Driving on suspended
- The Three Forks DUI Processing Center is complete.
- Jenna reminded Jonathon that she needs a press release to local media – and a confirmation of the accuracy of the 2008 DUI arrest stats for Three Forks.
- Force said he would speak with the Undersheriff so he can report on the progress on doing these.
New Mini-grants
- Community Mediation Center
- request to research effectiveness of the MIP panels they run for the courts. $1500. Motion to approve by Eris, second by Force. Unanimous approval.
- West Yellowstone School Anti-drinking campaign
- t-shirts for their May 5th “Every 15 Minutes” program. The shirts will say, “Don’t talk to me. I was killed by a drunk driver.” The request is for $125. Susan made a motion to suspend the normal process of waiting a month before voting on funding projects. Unanimous approval for that change. Motion to approve by Eris, second by Cherie. Unanimous approval.
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 PM.
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