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Project Goal
The Oklahoma Sobriety Checkpoint Finder application allows citizens to review the law enforcement efforts in detecting and apprehending impaired drivers. These efforts are based on two effective, science based, traffic safety countermeasures: publicized Sobriety Checkpoints and publicized Saturation Patrols. At a sobriety checkpoint, law enforcement officers stop vehicles at a predetermined location to check whether the driver is impaired. A saturation patrol consists of a large number of law enforcement officers patrolling a specific area for a set time to increase visibility of enforcement, as well as to detect and arrest impaired drivers. The purpose of these activities is to deter driving after drinking by increasing the perceived risk of arrest. The map shows the location and summarized results of Sobriety Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols that have occurred across the state providing citizens access to the results of the Public Safety efforts taking place in their communities.Business Problem Solved
Our goal is to deter alcohol-impaired driving on Oklahoma’s highways by increasing the perceived risk of arrest. Impaired driving also known in Oklahoma as driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI) continues to be a major public health problem in the state. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the economic costs of alcohol-related crashes to Oklahomans in 1999 was more than $1.4 billion, including $600 million in monetary costs and $800 million in quality of life losses. Included in these costs are lost productivity, medical costs, legal and court costs, emergency service costs, insurance administration costs, and property damage. Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols have been effective in detecting and apprehending impaired drivers whereby reducing alcohol-impaired driving, alcohol-related crashes, and associated fatal and nonfatal injuries.
Technology Implemented
To accomplish our goals we needed to develop a way to quickly collect the results of our checkpoints and saturations patrols and make this information visually available to the citizens of Oklahoma. In consultation with our Esri representatives we were able to use Survey123 for ArcGIS to quickly create a mobile friendly data collection application that was deployable on iOS, Android, and Windows base devices allowing our law enforcement officers in the field to easily enter the results of each sobriety event. Utilizing ArcGIS Online we were able to create our base map and further customize and refine the data views to provide the collected information in an easy to digest manner for all Oklahomans, across most major platforms. Lastly, we utilized the Web Application Builder to add the final features and functionality, display important information and/or legal disclaimers, and to summarize the total number Citations issued or Arrests made.
Development Team Biography
As the Traffic Enforcement Planner for the Oklahoma Department of Public, Mr. Chris Rogers is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of the Oklahoma Sobriety Checkpoint Finder application. He is also responsible for gathering and analyzing location-based traffic violation and collision data to determine the most effective methods for deploying law enforcement resources. Chris is often called to represent DPS with regards to Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS), Intelligence-Led Policing, and Predictive Analysis opportunities. Chris Rogers is a retired United States Air Force Veteran with over twenty-two years of global experience in the development of real-time information and intelligence solutions. He has worked in this capacity for various Federal Agencies, the Department of Defense, and several military organizations, including the United States Special Operations Command (USOCOM).