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Law Enforcement
PIRE has provided technical assistance and evaluation services to law enforcement personnel at many levels. PIRE has worked with local police, military police, sheriff’s offices, the DEA, State enforcement agencies, and enforcement agencies in Southeast Asia. PIRE has done more research on enforcement officer-led school-based prevention than any agency in the nation. PIRE also studies the effect of law enforcement and its underlying policies on the remediation of public health problems. PIRE has been especially active in researching the impacts and best practices for a range of enforcement approaches to preventing impaired driving and underage drinking. In this arena, PIRE has carried out many projects to develop and evaluate enforcement strategies including sobriety checkpoints, responsible beverage service, enforcement of clean indoor air laws and compliance checks to enforce laws against alcohol and/or tobacco sales to minors. PIRE research shows that highly visible and publicized enforcement of public safety laws reduces violations of the laws.
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Published Literature
- The "PASpoint" system - passive sensors at mini-checkpoints: Bringing Australia's random breath-test system to the United States, in TR Circular E-C072: Implementing Impaired Driving Countermeasures: Putting Research into Action (A Symposium, August 21-23, 2003, Irvine, CA) (2005). Author(s): Voas, R.B.; Lacey, J.H.; and Fell, J.C.
- Sobriety checkpoints: Evidence of effectiveness is strong, but use is limited, Traffic Injury Prevention (2004). Author(s): Fell, James C.; Lacey, John H.; and Voas, R. B.
- Why are sobriety checkpoints not widely adopted as an enforcement strategy in the United States?, Accident Analysis and Prevention (2003). Author(s): Fell, J.C.; Ferguson, S.A.; Williams, A.F.; and Fields, M.
- Reducing traffic injuries and violent crime by enforcing alcohol laws, in Proceedings of Alcohol, Drugs & Traffic Safety - T 2002: 16th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs & Traffic Safety, August 4-9, 2002 (2002). Author(s): Fell, James C.; Sole-Brito, Corina; and Urbach, B.J.
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Staff Experts
- James C. Fell, MS, Senior Research Scientist II
- Tara Kelley-Baker, PhD, Senior Research Scientist I
- John H. Lacey, MPH, Center Director, Senior Program Director
- Paul Marques, PhD, Senior Research Scientist II
- Scott McKnight, B.A., Program Director
- Scott Tippetts, , Research Scientist
- Robert Voas, PhD, Senior Research Scientist II
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